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Historical Event on 10/12/1997

India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
3/20/1951Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
10/6/1997I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister.
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.