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Historical Event on 8/12/1973

Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
10/24/1955Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
4/5/1663Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.