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Historical Event on 12/10/1936
Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 1/25/2000 | The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman. |
| 5/20/1776 | Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away. |
| 3/26/1996 | The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it. |
| 2/21/1997 | J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
| 3/24/1944 | Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 6/4/1936 | Nutan, film actress, was born. |
| 7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
| 7/14/1856 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born. |
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