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Historical Event on 12/8/1942
Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 4/28/1992 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
| 4/28/1992 | Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6). |
| 12/21/1993 | JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam. |
| 11/21/1921 | Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike. |
| 9/27/1760 | Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 6/20/1992 | Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/8/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
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