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Historical Event on 11/10/1659
Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1809 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa. |
| 7/30/1920 | Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/14/1905 | Smt. Hirabai Barodekar, famous veteran Maharashtrian classical singer, was born. |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 2/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 7/26/1956 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died. |
| 8/4/1997 | Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. |
| 5/31/1981 | First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. |
| 12/10/1999 | Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively. |
| 8/15/1992 | Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan. |
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