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Historical Event on 1/10/1839

Tea from India first arrives in UK.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
2/25/1886Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.
4/21/1991Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
6/2/1990Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
1/18/1963Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away.