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Historical Event on 8/12/1919

Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
2/17/1918Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
10/26/1937Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
3/24/1984Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.