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Historical Event on 12/10/1989

Janardan Swami passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.
11/20/1955Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
10/20/1997Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.