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Historical Event on 10/5/1878

First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.

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1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
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12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
1/11/1995Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
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11/18/1955Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.