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Historical Event on 10/12/1860
Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1987 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992). |
| 6/24/1991 | Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir. |
| 10/25/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN. |
| 9/14/1997 | 78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/9/1994 | Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul. |
| 11/9/1960 | Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died. |
| 4/22/1991 | IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
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