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Historical Event on 4/10/1999
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1988 | Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 2/3/1873 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 5/5/1955 | Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce. |
| 3/23/1942 | Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 3/19/1982 | President's rule in Assam. |
| 8/10/1988 | Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue. |
| 9/27/1993 | Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad). |
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