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Historical Event on 7/10/1949

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).

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5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
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11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
8/1/1931Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.