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Historical Event on 1/10/1922
Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/18/1995 | Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet. |
8/15/1994 | At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag. |
7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
3/1/1997 | India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara. |
1/1/1924 | Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea). |
10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
8/20/1991 | India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest. |
7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
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