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Historical Event on 2/10/1921

Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
12/1/1942No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
10/4/1974Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
2/1/1910Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
11/11/1980The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.'
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).