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Historical Event on 8/12/2000

Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
6/1/1933Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
2/4/1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
10/27/1973The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.