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Historical Event on 3/10/2000

Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
12/3/1971Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
5/1/1972All fuel coal mines were nationalised.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
9/20/1928Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.