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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
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
1/7/1858The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
8/14/1942Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
4/15/1946Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.