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Historical Event on 8/12/2000
Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 4/8/1993 | Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 4/16/1930 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police. |
| 11/3/1998 | The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India. |
| 8/15/1950 | Indian Constitution goes into effect. |
| 3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
| 10/14/1997 | The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out. |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 4/18/1612 | Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum. |
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