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Historical Event on 8/12/1997

Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
3/30/1990Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.