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Historical Event on 12/8/1999

The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
1/8/1996Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.