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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
12/08/1857 Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
12/08/1875 Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
12/08/1879 Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.
12/08/1897 Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh
12/08/1900 Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.
12/08/1911 Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
12/08/1920 A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
12/08/1922 Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
12/08/1930 British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
12/08/1932 Indian Air Force Act was passed.
12/08/1942 Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
12/08/1970 Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
12/08/1980 Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
12/08/1985 The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
12/08/1992 World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
12/08/1994 At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.
12/08/1996 Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
12/08/1998 An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
12/08/1999 Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
12/08/1999 Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
12/08/1999 Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds.
12/08/1999 The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
12/08/2000 EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
12/04/1920Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India.
06/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
10/01/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
08/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
09/08/1897Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.
10/21/1887Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
01/01/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
09/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
05/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.