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Historical Event on 7/10/1972

Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
2/20/1976Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.
9/6/1972Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.