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Historical Event on 1/10/1896
Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 1/20/1684 | Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese. |
| 6/16/1925 | Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died. |
| 11/9/1909 | The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws. |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 8/7/1986 | Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram. |
| 9/14/1932 | Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 7/25/1987 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992. |
| 1/17/1909 | Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur. |
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