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Historical Event on 1/10/1897

Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
7/18/1993Rail, road traffic disrupted.
1/6/1981Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
10/19/1974T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
10/23/1996Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.