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Historical Event on 6/10/1984
Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1984 | Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 11/20/1999 | Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 7/1/1862 | Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
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