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Historical Event on 12/10/1913
The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1976 | Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
| 6/14/1995 | RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 11/15/1992 | Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 1/11/1986 | The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary. |
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