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Historical Event on 10/12/1860
Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 3/21/1977 | Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 7/31/1974 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974. |
| 12/8/1980 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 3/7/1942 | Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra. |
| 7/5/1905 | Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
| 8/20/1998 | The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj. |
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