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Historical Event on 2/10/1803

Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
9/4/1895Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.
9/29/2000The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol).
1/14/1989'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.