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Historical Event on 1/10/1896

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.