Today Importance - 10th October

Today Importance - 10th October 

10-Oct-1756

Clive sailed from Madras with a large naval fleet of 900 European and 1500 Indian troops, 5 warships and 5 other vessels to capture Calcutta.

10-Oct-1844

Lawyer and leader Badruddin Tyabji was born.

10-Oct-1896

Freedom fighter, architect and nationalist demagogue Deveshwar Sarmah was born in Jorhat, Assam.

10-Oct-1899

Socialist and trade union leader Shripad Amrit Dang was born.

10-Oct-1906

The great Indian writer Narayana Rasipuram Krishnaswamy was born.

10-Oct-1909

Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, a five-Test cricket umpire, was born in Maharashtra.

10-Oct-1910

Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, a famous doctor working in China, was born in Solapur, Maharashtra.

10-Oct-1927

Lok Dal Party leader Banshilal was born.

10-Oct-1937

Anant Bhave, famous Marathi writer and Doordarshan news anchor, is born.

10-Oct-1946

Noakhali massacre.

10-Oct-1952

US mediator Frank Graham told the UN Security Council that there is a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

10-Oct-1954

The first 'President's Award' was given for the film 'Shamshir Ai'.

10-Oct-1957

Children's film 'Jagdeep' won first prize at the 9th International Exhibition of Films for Children in Venice.

10-Oct-1962

Indies attacked Chinese positions in North India.

10-Oct-1964

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa set a record of 110 meters. 14.09 seconds in Tokyo.

10-Oct-1964

Ravi Shankar performed at Town Hall in New York.

10-Oct-1964

The Olympics started in Tokyo.

10-Oct-1964

Famous film actor Guru Dutt passed away.

10-Oct-1970

The central government has rejected a judicial inquiry into the death of late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

10-Oct-1973

Soccer (football) player Vikas Dharsu was born in Harfleur in Le Havre, France.

10-Oct-1977

61 people died in a collision between a passenger train and a goods train in Naini.

10-Oct-1978

Fifteen-year-old Rohini Khadilkar became the first woman to win the National Chess Championship. Currently he is the editor of Mumbai's leading Marathi newspaper 'Nab Kal'.

10-Oct-1990

After political uncertainty in the wake of Virendra Patil's decision to continue in office in defiance of the Congress party, President's Rule was imposed in Karnataka.

10-Oct-1990

Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh, killing more than 60 people.

10-Oct-1991

Anantrao Lakshmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magazine 'Sajjangarh' and weekly 'Samarth', passed away.

10-Oct-1993

The last batch of personnel was flown from Delhi to Mogadishu in AN-12 helicopters. These helicopters were supplied by 111 HU.

10-Oct-1995

Bombay's high profile sacked Deputy Municipal Commissioner GR Khairnar has been reinstated.

10-Oct-1996

Tunga Assembly formed in UP elections.

10-Oct-1998

Justice Dr. Adarsh Sen Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.

10-Oct-1998

Dr. Justice Adarsh Sen Anand was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.

10-Oct-1998

Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtan won the women's and men's titles at the National Tennis Championships in Delhi.

10-Oct-1999

Talks are still going on between the Congress and the NCP to form the government in Maharashtra.

10-Oct-2000

Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first elected woman prime minister, has died of a heart attack in Colombo.