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Historical Event on 8/12/1868
Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1992 | Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed. |
| 1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
| 9/25/1999 | Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu. |
| 8/11/2000 | The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
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