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Historical Event on 8/12/1998

Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
6/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
8/1/1993Saint Namdev passed away.
6/1/1930First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.