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Historical Event on 8/10/1986
Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 1/5/1995 | India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 2/17/1992 | Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support. |
| 6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 11/10/1992 | Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns. |
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