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Historical Event on 12/10/1999

Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
12/19/1966Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
7/31/1993Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.