10 June - India on this day17 events

Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.

Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.

Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.

Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.

Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born.

Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.

Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.

Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.

Gandhiji called to the Bar.

77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.

Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thorwn off the throne.

Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.

Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.

Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.

Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.

18 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.