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Historical Event on 5/10/1985
P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1634 | Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 6/6/1891 | Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born. |
| 3/11/1971 | Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament. |
| 7/31/1907 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 9/29/1998 | ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg). |
| 8/10/1989 | Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha. |
| 5/1/1998 | The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri. |
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