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Historical Event on 8/8/1912

Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.

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5/27/1919Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
3/20/1970Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj.
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
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5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.