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Historical Event on 12/10/1999

Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.