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Historical Event on 12/8/1879
Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
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3/26/1999 | Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
12/13/2000 | The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate. |
7/13/1990 | Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana. |
3/31/1663 | Mir Jumla, Mughal Commander, passed away in Bihar. |
11/7/2000 | The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways. |
1/12/2000 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000. |
5/1/1994 | Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established. |
12/15/1976 | Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
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