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Historical Event on 12/12/1961

Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
6/20/1918K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
11/6/2000Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.