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Historical Event on 1/10/1922

Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
8/4/1931Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay.