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Historical Event on 8/10/1942
Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 9/6/1657 | Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne. |
| 6/9/1980 | M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office. |
| 1/18/1842 | Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj. |
| 4/7/1938 | Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat). |
| 1/7/1883 | Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born. |
| 8/18/1907 | Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 11/20/1907 | Railroad workers strike in India. |
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