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Historical Event on 8/12/1996

Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
2/1/1956Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959.
2/1/1956Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
9/20/1911Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra.
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.