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Historical Event on 5/10/1936

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
3/15/1983Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
10/11/1991BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.