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Historical Event on 12/10/1913

The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
2/15/1948Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
7/17/1992Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
1/5/1985Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.