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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 |
| 9/30/1992 | Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 3/1/1818 | Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom. |
| 9/3/1983 | U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million. |
| 12/20/1931 | Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government. |
| 5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
| 6/10/1984 | Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit. |
| 4/22/1983 | Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85. |
| 4/16/1996 | Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days). |
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