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Historical Event on 6/10/1957

Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.