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Historical Event on 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
2/17/1980Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.
2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
2/10/1982K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.
9/15/1916Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.