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Historical Event on 8/10/1995

Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
7/17/1937Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
7/14/1854Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.