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Historical Event on 2/10/1859
General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/11/1921 | Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
11/11/1921 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
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 |
6/18/1997 | Prakash Padukone launches IBC. |
9/15/1967 | Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died. |
10/3/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive. |
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