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Historical Event on 12/10/1902

Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1883Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
3/19/1936Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
10/2/1939Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.