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Historical Event on 12/8/1930
British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/2/1994 | Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47. |
12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
6/19/1871 | Madhavrao Sapre was born. |
11/11/1991 | Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review. |
10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
6/19/1995 | In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House. |
8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
9/1/1896 | Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta. |
8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
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