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Historical Event on 8/10/1755

Narayanrao Peshwa was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1931Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.
5/13/1949Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).