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Historical Event on 8/10/1901

Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
2/11/1977B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.
2/11/1977Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
12/8/1994At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
5/17/1998US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
5/20/1850Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.