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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 |
7/13/1990 | Union 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. |
7/8/1996 | Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water. |
6/22/1982 | 19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay. |
5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
7/21/1934 | Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune. |
10/20/1991 | Pandit Kalyandas Mahaprasad, famous Kathak dancer, died. |
11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
7/8/1991 | 25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan. |
11/5/1999 | India'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. |
7/4/1985 | Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi. |
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