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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
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
12/11/1988Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.
2/28/1989S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
4/15/1895Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.