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Historical Event on 10/10/1998

Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
11/25/1890Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
1/15/1948Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.