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Historical Event on 12/12/1908

Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1924Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
12/12/1999R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.