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Historical Event on 8/10/1948
Atomic Energy Commission established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 7/15/1997 | Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award. |
| 7/15/1997 | Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire. |
| 2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
| 4/1/1992 | The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched. |
| 6/22/1994 | Law for the betterment of women introduced. |
| 8/1/1931 | Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
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