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Historical Event on 12/11/1968
Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 5/25/1611 | Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan. |
| 10/12/1991 | Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi. |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 7/29/1988 | Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow. |
| 12/29/1975 | D.K. Barooah elected Congress President. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 8/29/1926 | Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born. |
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