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Historical Event on 7/10/1927

Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
6/3/1992M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
10/19/1999Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).
10/21/1947The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
1/11/1955Saint Chokhoba passed away.