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Historical Event on 10/10/1954

First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
9/19/1726Khandoballal died.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.