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Historical Event on 2/10/1982
K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1950 | Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath. |
| 1/1/1987 | United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87). |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 7/7/1999 | The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector. |
| 10/2/1950 | Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 3/12/1612 | Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal. |
| 12/11/1926 | Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding |
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