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Historical Event on 12/4/1997

World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
10/5/1993CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.