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Historical Event on 12/10/1999
Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 4/11/1999 | Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai. |
| 12/6/1993 | Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away. |
| 9/3/1915 | Following the monsoon, a good harvest is expected, except in Gujarat, in northern Rajputana and Punjab where isolated falls were recorded in Delhi. |
| 2/24/1867 | Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born. |
| 6/10/1891 | Gandhiji called to the Bar. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 4/5/1957 | The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala. |
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