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Historical Event on 12/7/1997

Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
8/28/1896Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
8/28/1896Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
7/16/1856Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
4/1/1889Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.