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Historical Event on 10/10/1899
Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
| 11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
| 11/18/1955 | Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 9/10/1996 | Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc. |
| 4/15/1874 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 5/22/1996 | United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party. |
| 4/3/1999 | India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana. |
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