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Historical Event on 10/2/1911

Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1896Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born.
2/1/1971Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar.
2/17/1986Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA.
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.