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Historical Event on 8/12/1996
Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/1956 | Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary. |
| 2/25/1903 | Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 5/2/1907 | Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab. |
| 7/1/1879 | Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 1/12/1992 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 6/11/1907 | Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat . |
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