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Historical Event on 8/12/1997

Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1942Mahatma Gandhi after announcing 'do or die' slogan alongwith 'Quit India Movement' at Bombay was arrested along with 50 others. Gandhiji was interned in Aga Khan Palace at Poona. This Do or Die slogan deep rooted in Indian hearts and resulted in nationwide Quit India Movment. This day is commemorated as ""Kranti Day"". Govind Vallabh Pant was send to Ahmednagar Jail, while Sarojini Naidu and many other leaders were also arrested.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.