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Historical Event on 4/10/1931

Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
10/13/1967Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.