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Historical Event on 12/8/1857

Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
4/15/1992D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.