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Historical Event on 1/10/1995
26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 5/18/1998 | India talks with the US on the nuclear tests. |
| 10/16/1978 | Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 9/29/2000 | Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari. |
| 3/19/1982 | Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
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