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Historical Event on 2/10/1910

Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
1/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
4/27/1960Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc).