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Historical Event on 8/12/1988

S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1988Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
5/12/1966Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.
9/11/1991V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
3/20/1997Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.