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Historical Event on 3/10/2000
Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/9/1997 | Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards. |
2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
11/11/1924 | Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
6/26/1955 | Poland and India affirm Panchsheel. |
3/2/1996 | Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match. |
4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
12/29/1949 | Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras. |
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