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Historical Event on 12/8/1980

Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
12/4/1940Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"".
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
2/12/1999The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
11/28/1997Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office.