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Historical Event on 2/10/1979

Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

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1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
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3/29/1998The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
2/17/1980Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.