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Historical Event on 11/12/1997

India elected to executive board of UNESCO.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1997Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
8/2/1877Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".