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Historical Event on 7/10/1997

Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
2/11/1993Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
7/29/1927Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born.
9/12/1966Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
1/10/1966Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.
1/2/1997Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara.