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Historical Event on 8/10/1986
Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/22/1981 | India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981. |
| 12/1/1960 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964. |
| 11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
| 2/1/1827 | Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club. |
| 3/2/1996 | Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being. |
| 6/24/1991 | Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir. |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 6/3/1890 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
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