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Historical Event on 5/10/1981
The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1966 | Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 7/21/1934 | Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune. |
| 12/16/1999 | Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/8/1984 | Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74. |
| 1/8/1984 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
| 2/15/1948 | Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident. |
| 11/7/1996 | Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh. |
| 8/17/1848 | Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born. |
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