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Historical Event on 12/8/1922

Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1944Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
5/30/196269 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad.