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Historical Event on 1/10/1987
Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1990 | Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation. |
| 1/22/1877 | Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 7/12/1920 | Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
| 7/12/1920 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 2/2/1968 | TERLS dedicated to the United Nations. |
| 6/13/1889 | Salarjung, famous administrator, was born. |
| 2/25/1970 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
| 8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
| 1/14/1998 | The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka. |
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