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Historical Event on 8/10/1993
Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1992 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 2/7/1922 | Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
| 3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
| 5/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 2/17/1931 | Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath. |
| 7/12/1993 | West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
| 6/19/1990 | 13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men. |
| 2/11/1942 | Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away. |
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