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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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| 6/29/1992 | Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship. |
| 7/10/1964 | Bangalore University was established in Karnataka. |
| 4/11/1999 | India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 5/19/1911 | K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 10/16/1788 | Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi. |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
| 10/15/1888 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'. |
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