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Historical Event on 3/10/2000

Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
8/15/1968Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
12/10/1969Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.