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Historical Event on 2/10/1921

Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1989V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
8/6/1998SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
6/1/1916Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.