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Historical Event on 8/10/1860
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 7/20/1993 | Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 7/29/1983 | First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar. |
| 6/4/1955 | Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated. |
| 2/20/1953 | India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 4/5/1940 | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
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