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Historical Event on 2/10/1910
Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1992 | National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 2/10/1930 | Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born. |
| 1/3/1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 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. |
| 2/19/1861 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away. |
| 1/11/1921 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 1/29/1998 | Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days. |
| 10/28/1996 | L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
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