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Historical Event on 6/12/1997

Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
11/3/1997American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
3/3/1906Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.