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Historical Event on 10/10/1978

Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
5/1/1922Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.