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Historical Event on 08/10/1581

Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
9/16/1931R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.