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Historical Event on 1/10/1998
Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1998 | 7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 6/23/1895 | Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/17/1999 | Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 1/12/1994 | S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman. |
| 3/28/1995 | Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 11/5/1930 | Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 11/11/2000 | Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi. |
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