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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/02/1422 |
Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
| 10/02/1845 |
First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 10/02/1869 |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai. |
| 10/02/1904 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 10/02/1906 |
Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 10/02/1910 |
Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 10/02/1910 |
D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 10/02/1911 |
Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 10/02/1929 |
Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust |
| 10/02/1930 |
Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra. |
| 10/02/1934 |
Indian Naval Force was established. |
| 10/02/1939 |
Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore. |
| 10/02/1942 |
Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 10/02/1944 |
Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
| 10/02/1950 |
Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/02/1951 |
Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party. |
| 10/02/1952 |
Community Development Programme started. |
| 10/02/1954 |
Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 10/02/1955 |
Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur. |
| 10/02/1957 |
All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed. |
| 10/02/1961 |
Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established. |
| 10/02/1969 |
Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country. |
| 10/02/1971 |
Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 10/02/1972 |
Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started. |
| 10/02/1975 |
Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras. |
| 10/02/1979 |
Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 10/02/1982 |
Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died. |
| 10/02/1986 |
Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat. |
| 10/02/1993 |
Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas. |
| 10/02/1994 |
Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47. |
| 10/02/1994 |
Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 10/02/1996 |
Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 10/02/1997 |
At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 10/02/1998 |
Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
| 10/02/1999 |
Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. |
| 10/02/1999 |
Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support. |
| 10/02/2000 |
Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/09/1825 | Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born. |
| 05/22/1989 | IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa. |
| 02/08/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
| 04/19/1997 | I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 09/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 05/08/1954 | Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French. |
| 02/11/1979 | Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial. |
| 10/26/1928 | R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta. |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 06/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
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