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Historical Event on 1/10/1912
Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 1/12/1895 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 7/11/1994 | Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 10/16/1896 | Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 2/25/1886 | Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away. |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
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