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Historical Event on 10/10/1910

Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1958Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
4/27/1748Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.