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Historical Event on 8/12/2000

Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1990Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
10/20/1991Pandit Kalyandas Mahaprasad, famous Kathak dancer, died.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.