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Historical Event on 8/12/1946
Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/2000 | Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram. |
| 7/8/1997 | 33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab. |
| 8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 2/7/1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 4/1/1956 | Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 6/5/1929 | S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/26/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas. |
| 7/15/1979 | Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader. |
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