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Historical Event on 8/12/1979
Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1957 | India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 1/22/1965 | Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 9/4/1990 | An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities. |
| 11/5/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires. |
| 8/1/1988 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991. |
| 2/27/1912 | Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born. |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
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