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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
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
7/7/1998Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again.
5/3/1971Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.
8/8/1932Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born.
12/29/1968Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
1/24/1980E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala.