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Historical Event on 10/10/1957

Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1963Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
9/4/1997Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".