Philadelphia Indian Community - PhiladelphiaIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 12/8/1930

British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1930Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.