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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
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
8/3/1991About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
7/27/1992Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
1/18/1997Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.
1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.