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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
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.