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Historical Event on 9/10/1887

Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
1/15/1888Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
10/30/1963Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai.
10/13/1967Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died.
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.