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Historical Event on 8/12/1897

Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.

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3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
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1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.