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Historical Event on 2/10/1943

Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
1/8/1992D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
1/10/1963Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.