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Historical Event on 12/10/1998

Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1907Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
5/21/1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
4/9/1997Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.