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Historical Event on 6/10/1987

Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
10/18/1995Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
9/1/1978Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.
1/12/1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.