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December

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1232 Iltutmish, the ruler of the Ghulam dynasty, captured Gwalior.
1996 Kofi Annan was elected Secretary General of the United Nations.
2001 The Indian Parliament was attacked by terrorists.
1921 The Banaras Hindu University was inaugurated by the 'Prince of Wales'.
1955 India and the Soviet Union accepted the Panchsheel agreement.
1961 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi started his Test match career against England in Delhi.
1998 Mahatma Ramchandra Veer was awarded the "Bhai Hanuman Prasad Poddar Rashtra Seva" award from the Bada Bazaar Library in Kolkata.
2008 For the fifth phase of Jammu and Kashmir, 57% polling was held in 11 assembly constituencies.
2012 In the final match of the blind Twenty20 World Cup, the Indian cricket team defeated Pakistan by 30 runs to take the title of world winner.
1955 The present Defense Minister of India and former Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar was born.
2000 Former captain of the Indian cricket team, Vijay Samuel Hazare became the first person to receive the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award'.