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Historical Event on 10/12/2000

A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
3/28/1999Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
5/19/1969Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.