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Historical Event on 12/8/1994

At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
12/17/1938Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
4/29/1997R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.