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Historical Event on 1/10/1897

Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
2/27/1956G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
2/19/1956Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
1/21/1983R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.