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Historical Event on 7/10/1991

Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.