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Historical Event on 10/10/1978

Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
5/7/1993Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
9/5/1990Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee.
4/6/1897Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.