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December

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

2004  Two and a half million people died due to tsunami in the Indian Ocean. A 9.15 magnitude earthquake in the ocean caused a tsunami wave. People from many countries including India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia were killed.
1904 Inauguration of country's first cross country motorcar rally between Delhi and Mumbai.
1925 Establishment of Communist Party of India.
1978 Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi was released from prison. Morarji Desai's government arrested Indira Gandhi on 19 December.
1977 Naveen Patnaik, son of Odisha's prominent leader Biju Patnaik, founded the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
1666 Sikhism Guru Govind Singh was born.