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Historical Event on 12/10/1936

Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
7/4/1912Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
11/3/1986Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.