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Historical Event on 9/10/1858

Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
8/30/1934Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .