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Historical Event on 7/10/1909
Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 9/8/1887 | Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli. |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 8/8/1966 | India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty. |
| 12/7/1993 | Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram. |
| 7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 12/12/2000 | A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001. |
| 5/27/1957 | Copyright Act was passed. |
| 12/17/1914 | Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore. |
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