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Historical Event on 4/10/1996

The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
12/20/1920Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal  was born.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
5/15/1992Harshad Mehta suspended.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.