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Historical Event on 8/12/1988

S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
11/7/1997RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.