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Historical Event on 12/10/1913
The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/2000 | The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna. |
| 1/28/1992 | Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away. |
| 11/30/1994 | Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died. |
| 3/18/1915 | British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people. |
| 12/1/1900 | Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 1/30/1997 | Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam. |
| 7/31/1916 | Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar. |
| 2/3/1983 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
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