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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 |
| 10/19/1997 | BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies. |
| 6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 9/21/1994 | Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 3/23/1913 | Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government. |
| 3/12/1992 | India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean. |
| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
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