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Historical Event on 5/10/1981
The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 6/30/1984 | W. R. Dhavle, editor, died. |
| 8/25/1963 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 11/20/1946 | Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 4/17/1923 | Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India. |
| 1/24/1952 | The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema. |
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