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Historical Event on 8/10/1894
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
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| 11/13/1945 | Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India |
| 12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/29/1971 | Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives. |
| 6/6/1907 | John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstances"". |
| 2/23/1998 | The Samajwadi Party candidate for the Motihari Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Devendra Nath Dubey, is shot dead at Baniarpur in Patna. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 3/27/1997 | Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
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