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Historical Event on 10/12/1997

Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
3/15/1919Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.