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Historical Event on 8/12/1922
Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1963 | Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). |
| 3/27/1993 | Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 4/17/1675 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar. |
| 2/24/1996 | Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA. |
| 1/25/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993). |
| 8/25/1997 | Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). |
| 3/1/1939 | Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal. |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
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