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Historical Event on 1/10/1897

Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.

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4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
3/4/1994Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.
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1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
10/10/1964Gurudutt, famous film actor, died
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9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
5/31/1988Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
4/11/1993Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide to form a joint task force to nab Veerappan and announces a reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his capture.