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Historical Event on 12/8/1980

Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
7/23/1956Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
7/1/1999Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
4/15/1994India signed `GAT' agreement.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
6/28/1991K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.