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Historical Event on 12/8/1980
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
| 5/8/1992 | Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 1/2/1993 | Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 7/5/1970 | Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
| 7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
| 3/21/1921 | Indian National Congress decided it's Flag. |
| 10/12/1997 | Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore |
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