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Historical Event on 1/10/1996

27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
2/16/1997Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.