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Historical Event on 12/7/1997
Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
11/25/1990 | Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs. |
4/5/1944 | 221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site. |
8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
1/27/1904 | R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
8/1/1997 | Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad. |
10/10/1952 | US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. |
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