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Historical Event on 10/6/1779

Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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3/5/1995India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
6/11/200027 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu.
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.