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Historical Event on 12/7/1997

Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
5/19/1951Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.