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Historical Event on 12/8/1911

Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.