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Historical Event on 8/10/1992
P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
| 7/15/1993 | JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC. |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 4/12/1967 | Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968. |
| 1/30/1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York. |
| 1/30/1882 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born. |
| 5/13/1916 | Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 1/9/1916 | Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/12/1992 | Punjab election set for February 19. |
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