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Historical Event on 12/3/1979
Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1917 | Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra). |
| 1/22/1965 | Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 5/23/1993 | PM arrives in Tashkent. |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 2/1/1956 | Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 11/2/1871 | Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born. |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
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