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Historical Event on 1/10/1912
Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/2000 | The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 3/10/1999 | Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote. |
| 1/15/1948 | Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace. |
| 9/5/1988 | The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill. |
| 8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 12/1/1946 | Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs. |
| 8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
| 7/6/1955 | Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade. |
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