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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
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
11/22/1968Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
11/22/1968Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
3/17/1997Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.