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Historical Event on 4/10/1875

Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
12/3/1998India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
3/14/1931First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.