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Historical Event on 5/10/1993

Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.