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Historical Event on 10/12/1860

Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.
7/21/1999Bansi Lal, Haryana Chief Minister, quits before seeking a trust vote; and rebels form a separate party.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
5/9/1981Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
9/15/1909Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ''Anna'', founder of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram.
3/22/1977Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum.