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Historical Event on 2/10/1990

Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.
2/14/1901Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
1/1/1992This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"".
12/10/1948Human Rights Day.