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Historical Event on 8/12/1973

Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died.

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7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
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5/4/1935Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab.
11/19/1977Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
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3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
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