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Historical Event on 12/8/1996

Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
1/31/1903Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.