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Historical Event on 9/12/1994
UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/7/1988 | N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front. |
4/17/1996 | Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains. |
10/9/1996 | PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14. |
10/12/1997 | Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore |
10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
10/12/1997 | Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence. |
10/31/1997 | Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi. |
12/19/2000 | A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city. |
9/2/1992 | Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away. |
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