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Historical Event on 12/8/1980

Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
8/21/1879Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
7/10/1991C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.