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Historical Event on 12/10/1984

Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
1/24/1994India sends six proposals to Pakistan to resolve bilateral problems.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
11/15/199237 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
6/27/1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.