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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
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
7/22/1987A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.