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Historical Event on 2/12/1997

Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
1/29/1870Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
5/25/1990Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.