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Historical Event on 10/4/1997

Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
6/6/1909Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
5/10/1917Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.