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Historical Event on 12/8/1930

British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
11/30/1986Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
12/12/1908Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
12/12/1947Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.