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Historical Event on 1/12/1997

Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1910Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.