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Historical Event on 1/10/1953

Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
10/9/1947P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
9/3/1953Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
12/11/1780Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay.