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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 |
| 9/12/1934 | Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh). |
| 6/1/1930 | Baba Adhav was born. |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 5/1/1994 | Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 7/11/1964 | M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel. |
| 7/11/1997 | Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai. |
| 8/18/1907 | Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 9/17/1954 | India outlaws bigamy. |
| 2/23/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born. |
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