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Historical Event on 8/12/1897

Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
8/18/1907Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.