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Historical Event on 12/10/1913

The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.