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Historical Event on 4/7/1997
NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/26/1978 | Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
| 12/24/1932 | The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London. |
| 2/28/1998 | The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory. |
| 1/25/2000 | The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited. |
| 12/20/1990 | India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 1/11/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995). |
| 1/30/1994 | Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets. |
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