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Historical Event on 8/12/1919

Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.
9/7/1955All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
10/16/1999A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.