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Historical Event on 12/8/1900

Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1948India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
12/10/1985A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 30-04-1987.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.