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Historical Event on 12/8/1999

Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/2000The AIADMK expels senior leaders Sedapatti R. Muthiah, S. Raghupathy and Karuppusamy Pandian for ''anti-party activities''.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
10/9/199627-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.