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Historical Event on 10/12/1997

Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
2/4/1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
12/5/1931Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
8/20/1991Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.