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Historical Event on 12/10/1997

Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
3/11/1994The Supreme Court upholds sacking of BJP Governments; Balasaheb Deoras quits as RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed.
1/1/1985Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
4/9/1669Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.
3/28/1984Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.