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Historical Event on 6/10/1957

Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
2/22/1982South-South Conference opens in New Delhi.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.