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.
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