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Historical Event on 5/10/1985
P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 4/26/1999 | The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 9/8/1952 | The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva. |
| 8/1/1953 | All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 4/15/1996 | Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa. |
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