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Historical Event on 6/10/1966
MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/27/2000 | The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches. |
| 4/15/1942 | George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta. |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 1/1/1932 | Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started. |
| 4/12/1917 | Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar. |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
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