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Historical Event on 1/12/1997
Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 1/1/1931 | Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki. |
| 8/14/1980 | Centre nationalizes Maruti company. |
| 4/11/1887 | Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born. |
| 10/23/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. |
| 6/25/1931 | Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
| 6/2/1997 | Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip. |
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