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Historical Event on 1/10/1959
Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 6/24/1991 | The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 6/9/1992 | Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 4/17/1946 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away. |
| 1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
| 3/2/1930 | Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded. |
| 7/6/1992 | R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam. |
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