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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
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
7/1/1975Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.