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Historical Event on 7/12/1957

Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
9/15/1953Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
7/7/1998Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.