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Historical Event on 12/10/1978

Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
9/24/193119 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.