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Historical Event on 1/10/1996

27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1920Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
3/23/1931Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution).