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Historical Event on 12/4/1997

World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
10/15/1918Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
10/24/1856Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
9/16/1929Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari).