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Historical Event on 8/12/1897

Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.
11/30/1994Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
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