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Historical Event on 1/10/1959
Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
| 10/29/1935 | Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born. |
| 8/8/1966 | India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty. |
| 8/3/1995 | Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government. |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 10/22/1929 | Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas. |
| 10/6/1999 | The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu. |
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