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10 January - India on this day37 events

1953

Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.

#foundation#science10-January-1953
1967

Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur.

#foundation#education#women10-January-1967
1996

Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.

#foundation#general10-January-1996
1896

Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.

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1912

Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.

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1922

Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.

#art#general10-January-1922
1896

Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born.

#birth#literature#politics10-January-1896
1908

Gandhiji adopts word, "Satyagraha" in place of "Passive Resistance". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.

#freedom fighter10-January-1908
1932

Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.

#freedom fighter10-January-1932
1959

Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.

#religion#general10-January-1959
1964

Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.

#religion#war10-January-1964
1993

Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.

#religion#death10-January-1993
1979

Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.

#literature10-January-1979
1966

Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.

#meeting#politics10-January-1966
1839

Tea from India first arrives in UK.

#general10-January-1839
1955

The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.

#general10-January-1955
1998

Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.

#general#death10-January-1998
1616

Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.

#royal event10-January-1616
1897

Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.

#science10-January-1897
1997

The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.

#science10-January-1997
1993

Advani, Joshi released on court orders.

#law10-January-1993
1996

Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.

#law10-January-1996
1998

Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.

#sports10-January-1998
1993

24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.

#cinema10-January-1993
1995

26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.

#cinema10-January-1995
1996

All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.

#cinema10-January-1996
1996

27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.

#cinema10-January-1996
1997

28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.

#cinema10-January-1997
1818

The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.

#war10-January-1818
1888

Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.

#war10-January-1888
1693

Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.

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1920

India became member of League of Nations.

#politics10-January-1920
1963

Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.

#politics10-January-1963
1975

India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.

#politics10-January-1975
1980

President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.

#politics#women10-January-1980
1986

Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.

#politics10-January-1986
1993

India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.

#politics10-January-1993