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Historical Event on 2/10/1691
Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 5/9/1996 | J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 12/14/1931 | Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes. |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 3/26/1990 | Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away. |
| 10/19/1905 | Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 2/5/1991 | The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India. |
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