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10 May - India on this day21 events

1982

Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.

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1905

Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.

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1909

Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.

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1917

Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore.

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1927

Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born.

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1979

Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.

#birth#sports10-May-1979
1985

59 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.

#religion#death10-May-1985
1857

India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.

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1992

Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.

#general#death10-May-1992
1999

Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.

#general#controversy10-May-1999
1901

Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that "plants and animal have similar touch sense".

#science10-May-1901
1985

P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

#law10-May-1985
1981

The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).

#sports10-May-1981
1526

Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.

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1910

Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.

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1936

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.

#death10-May-1936
1957

Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.

#politics10-May-1957
1996

Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign.

#politics10-May-1996
1996

PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.

#politics10-May-1996
1996

Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.

#politics10-May-1996
1993

Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.

#women10-May-1993