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Historical Event on 6/10/1957

Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
5/17/1996Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
6/30/1930George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born.