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Historical Event on 7/10/1997

Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
3/4/1906Hakim Abdul Majid started his medial dispensary under the name of Hamdard Dawakhana at Delhi.
2/17/1670Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.