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Historical Event on 2/10/1982

K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
3/20/1993Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
8/2/1988The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.