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Historical Event on 8/12/1602
Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
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| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 6/30/1834 | Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). |
| 7/20/1654 | Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 1/30/1999 | Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999. |
| 2/18/1992 | Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away. |
| 10/2/1994 | Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47. |
| 8/29/1994 | Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 3/30/1919 | Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
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