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Historical Event on 1/10/1997

28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.