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Historical Event on 10/2/1910
Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 5/20/1991 | General Election (10th) of India begins. |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
| 12/30/1906 | The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlords which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for seperate Muslim electrorates and other safeguard for Muslims. |
| 6/14/1961 | Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died. |
| 2/25/1840 | Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
| 5/3/1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India. |
| 3/28/1994 | G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi. |
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