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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 |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 2/5/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 1/27/1924 | Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 12/28/1952 | Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi. |
| 12/3/1970 | Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar. |
| 6/3/1930 | George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka). |
| 3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
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