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Historical Event on 8/10/1992
P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 5/3/1945 | Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon. |
| 12/15/1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 1/7/1859 | The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29. |
| 2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
| 6/24/1991 | Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/7/1994 | The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
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