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Historical Event on 12/10/1984

Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1953Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order.
11/14/1957Children's Day.
6/29/1757Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).