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Historical Event on 8/10/1894
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 1/4/1889 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 10/23/1992 | The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign |
| 2/3/1873 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 3/20/1994 | Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay. |
| 10/15/1686 | Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era. |
| 7/2/1993 | ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance. |
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