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Historical Event on 5/10/1985

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
5/20/1994K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.