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Historical Event on 5/10/1909
Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 2/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
| 2/1/1967 | Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 8/1/1986 | Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 2/3/1988 | INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
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