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Historical Event on 10/10/1906
Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
9/7/1965 | U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan. |
3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
1/25/2000 | The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman. |
6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
1/1/1948 | India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion. |
4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
6/28/1883 | Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi. |
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