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Historical Event on 7/10/1978

'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
5/21/1994Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.