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Historical Event on 12/8/1996

Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
3/15/1936Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
1/22/1971Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.
10/4/1977Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
12/4/1898Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, Indian Scientist and Physicist-Philosopher, was born in Tamil Nadu.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.