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Historical Event on 12/10/1936

England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
12/6/2000Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
11/25/1975Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
9/8/1790Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.