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Historical Event on 10/10/1998

Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
5/28/1970All India Trade Union Congress was divided.
3/14/1883Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London.