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Historical Event on 12/8/1930

British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
7/7/1999M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
12/14/2000The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign