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Historical Event on 8/8/1912

Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
12/1/1931The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
8/25/199710,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
2/2/1959Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.