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Historical Event on 2/10/1979

Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
4/8/1937R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
7/16/1931C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa.
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.