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Historical Event on 12/8/1999

Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1815Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
3/11/1963First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory.
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
6/3/1865George V, King of England (1910-36), was born.