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Historical Event on 12/10/1936

Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1905Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.