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Historical Event on 12/8/1911
Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1942 | George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 4/1/1979 | Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. |
| 6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
| 3/1/2000 | P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament. |
| 1/28/1996 | Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82. |
| 11/12/1997 | India elected to executive board of UNESCO. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
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