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Historical Event on 3/10/1959

Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
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.