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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 |
| 1/3/1919 | Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal. |
| 1/3/1919 | Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. |
| 9/3/1931 | Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar). |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 1/20/1871 | Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 4/2/1679 | Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 7/12/1996 | Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months. |
| 2/14/1807 | Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
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