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Historical Event on 8/10/1995

Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
8/4/1997Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
7/18/1993Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
5/3/1999Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.