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Historical Event on 10/4/1907
Riots in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 8/1/1952 | Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru. |
| 1/7/1761 | Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked. |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 9/24/1938 | A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed. |
| 3/21/1836 | National Library was established. |
| 10/15/1987 | Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 6/13/1973 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away. |
| 2/20/1999 | India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service. |
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