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Historical Event on 8/10/1986
Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 6/25/1998 | Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities. |
| 1/21/1983 | R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away. |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 4/11/1999 | Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar. |
| 3/12/1938 | Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar. |
| 8/25/1948 | Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision. |
| 5/26/1916 | Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born. |
| 7/5/1658 | Aurangzeb arrested Murad. |
| 3/10/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies. |
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