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Historical Event on 12/7/1997

Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize