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Historical Event on 8/10/1927
Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
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| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
| 2/6/1990 | Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
| 1/7/1883 | Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born. |
| 8/11/1984 | A 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. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 1/16/1988 | L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died. |
| 6/21/1997 | Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore. |
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