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Historical Event on 4/10/1760
Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1948 | Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State. |
| 11/11/1888 | Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 7/4/1994 | Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died. |
| 9/24/1998 | In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999. |
| 4/15/1942 | George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 12/14/1910 | Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born. |
| 3/3/1871 | Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
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