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Historical Event on 8/12/1991
Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1998 | Bihar flood toll mounts to 320. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 7/25/1988 | Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 11/19/1962 | A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed. |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
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