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Historical Event on 1/10/1839

Tea from India first arrives in UK.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
8/1/1920Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy surrendering ""Kaisar-E-Hind"" Medal, ""Zulu War"" Medal and ""Boer War"" Medal and launched the All India Non-Violent Non-Coperation Movement.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
4/7/1935Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died.
6/7/1993Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
3/20/1951Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.