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Historical Event on 7/10/1996

Budget session of Parliament begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
5/10/1917Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore.
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.