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Historical Event on 4/10/1996

The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
3/1/1989Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away.
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.
7/2/1938Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
6/5/1993Unlawful Activities (prevention) Tribunal headed by Justice P N Nagi upholds the ban on Islamic Sevak Sangh.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.