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Historical Event on 3/10/1945

Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1998Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
4/12/1993Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed.
6/29/1999An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.