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Historical Event on 12/8/1994
At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1974 | Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome. |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 7/1/1879 | Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 3/9/1999 | Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time. |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
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