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Historical Event on 8/12/1966
Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1966 | Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India. |
| 11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
| 11/3/1997 | American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 4/23/1795 | East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges. |
| 5/21/1992 | Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died. |
| 9/10/1912 | B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 4/15/1996 | Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
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