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Historical Event on 3/12/1997

aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
3/1/1917J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"".
3/1/1917Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).