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Historical Event on 12/10/1979

Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
4/17/1904Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman, Right Arm Bowler and played 3 matches, was born at Karachi.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
5/14/1914Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.