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Historical Event on 12/10/1907

Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
2/28/1963Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
1/14/1993Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
4/6/1897Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.