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Historical Event on 10/1/1991
India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1913 | Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born. |
| 7/28/1921 | The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 8/15/1947 | Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul. |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 9/9/1872 | Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 9/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
| 1/15/1996 | Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre. |
| 11/16/1990 | Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). |
| 8/10/1982 | Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated. |
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