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Historical Event on 7/10/1971

Kochin University was established in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
4/13/1919Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
1/1/1994Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'