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Historical Event on 3/10/1959

Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1908Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.