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Historical Event on 12/10/1948

Human Rights Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.