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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 |
| 6/9/1986 | First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai. |
| 9/22/1902 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
| 2/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
| 4/12/1936 | Nehru urges Socialism for India. |
| 3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
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