Year 1875
Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
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10 April: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 10 April.
Year 1889
Ram Chandra Chatterjee became the first Indian to fly in a hot balloon.
Year 1912
The first and last voyage of the Titanic sailed from the port of Southampton, England.
Year 1930
Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
Year 1955
India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel.
Year 1973
Pakistan repealed the old constitution.
Year 1982
Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
Year 1982
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from USA. (Cape Canaveral)
Year 1993
Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
Year 1996
Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
Year 1996
The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt
Year 1997
Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
Year 1997
Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
Year 1997
Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
Year 2008
The Supreme Court declared constitutional 27% reservations for students of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central educational institutions and educational institutions aided by the central government.
Year 2019
Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announced the first-ever image of a black hole, located in the center of the M87 galaxy.
Born 1755
Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician.
Born 1880
C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born.
Born 1894
Ghanshyam Das Birla, a pioneering Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family.
Born 1897
Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)
Born 1901
D. R. Gadgil, an Indian economist, institution builder, and the vice-chairman of the Planning Commission of India.
Born 1901
Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
Born 1917
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013)
Born 1927
M. K. Vainu Bappu, an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union.
Born 1931
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
Born 1932
Kishori Amonkar, a leading Indian classical vocalist.
Born 1935
Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras.
Born 1952
Narayan Rane, an Indian politician.
Born 1964
Sanjeev Kapoor, an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and television personality.
Born 1975
Terence Lewis, an Indian dancer, and choreographer.
Born 1982
Haleem Khan, an Indian Kuchipudi dancer, performer, and movie actor.
Died 1317
Saint Gora Kumbhar passed away. (Samadhee)
Died 1760
Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.
Died 1931
Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist.
Died 1937
Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
Died 1949
Birbal Sahni, an Indian paleobotanist.
Died 1965
Panjabrao Deshmukh, a social activist and a leader to farmers in India. He was the first Minister of Agriculture of India.
Died 1995
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
Died 1999
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, an Indian novelist and short story writer of Malayalam literature.
Died 2008
Shomu Mukherjee, an Indian director, writer, and producer.
Died 2015
Richard Benaud, an Australian cricketer and a highly regarded commentator on the game.