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Historical Event on 10/12/1997

India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".