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Historical Event on 8/8/1912

Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.
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7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
7/6/1942Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.