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Historical Event on 10/5/1864

Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
1/5/1995PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
7/5/1946Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar).
2/3/1984Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.