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Historical Event on 12/1/1966

Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
10/22/1680Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.
6/11/2000Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
10/20/1962Guru Amardasji passed away.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.