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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 |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 12/29/1965 | First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory. |
| 7/14/1992 | The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K. |
| 11/5/1999 | The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case. |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 2/11/1993 | Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958. |
| 7/24/1998 | India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 8/25/1965 | Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi. |
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