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Historical Event on 8/8/1912

Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
4/15/1994India signed `GAT' agreement.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.