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Historical Event on 8/10/1993
Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1949 | Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
| 5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
| 5/22/1991 | Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer. |
| 3/8/1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
| 7/12/1960 | Ranchi University was established. |
| 7/8/1996 | Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996). |
| 7/1/1996 | RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%. |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 2/1/1835 | East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
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