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Historical Event on 8/10/1905

Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
9/23/1858Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.