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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
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
3/11/1824US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
1/10/1993Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
10/25/1980Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.