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Historical Event on 8/12/1602

Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
1/24/1994India sends six proposals to Pakistan to resolve bilateral problems.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
9/1/1947Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.