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Historical Event on 8/12/1997

Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
10/10/1909Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.