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Historical Event on 8/12/1602

Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
1/16/1996Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.
6/25/16586th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
10/23/1824Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
9/18/2000Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.