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Historical Event on 12/8/1920
A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 6/1/1964 | Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha. |
| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 4/17/1917 | V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai). |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 2/13/1970 | Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi. |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
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