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Historical Event on 8/10/1998

Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
4/15/1992D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.