July12

The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.

India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.

Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.

Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.

Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.

Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.

Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.

Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.

First Indian Steam Engine Ship "Diana-a-Gunboat"sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.

Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.

India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.

India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.

Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.

Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.

Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.

Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai.

Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.

Ranchi University was established.

Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.

Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.

West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.

Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.

67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.

Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.

Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.

Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.

Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.