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Historical Event on 12/10/1978

Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
2/9/1985Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
6/14/1880Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born.
7/28/1939Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away.
7/3/1956Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
12/11/1843Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany.