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Historical Event on 10/12/1998

Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
1/30/1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.