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Historical Event on 8/10/1992

P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
8/12/1996Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.