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Historical Event on 7/10/1972

Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
11/1/1961Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
4/24/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
9/14/1923Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.