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Historical Event on 12/8/1942

Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.

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6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
3/23/1923Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
9/7/1955All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government.
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.