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Historical Event on 8/12/1922

Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1857Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.