Historical Events - October 10

1756 : British forces led by Governor-General Robert Clive recaptured Calcutta.

1845 : The US opened Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

1846 : English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon on the planet Neptune.

1910 : The first All India Hindi Conference was organized in Varanasi under the chairmanship of Madan Mohan Malaviya.

1911 : End of the Qing Dynasty in China.

1913 : Panama Canal was completed.

1942 : the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Australia.

1964 : The 18th Olympic Games began in Tokyo, Japan.

1970 : Fiji gained independence from the United Kingdom.

1975 : Papua New Guinea joined the United Nations.

1992 : The Vidyasagar Setu, the second bridge across the Hooghly River, was inaugurated.

1998 : Adarsh ​​Sen Anand became the 29th Chief Justice of India.

 

Famous Birthdays   – October 10  

1731: Henry Cavendish, the British chemist who discovered hydrogen and argon gases.

1830: Queen Isabella II of Spain.

1844: Badruddin Tayyabji, Indian politician, 3rd President of National Congress.

1877: William Morris, Englishman, founder of Morris Motors.

1902: K. Shivarama Karanth, an Indian polymath.

1906: (Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayanaswamy) RK Narayan, Indian writer. 

1910: Dwarkanath Kotnis, Indian physician, Symbol of Hindi-Chinese friendship.

1912: Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet, and critic.

1954: Rekha, Indian film actress.

1973: S. S. Rajamouli, Indian film director.

1990: Rakul Preet Singh, Indian film actress. 

 

Death Anniversaries   – October 10

1898: Manilal Nathubhai Trivedi, Indian writer.

1911: Jack Daniel, American businessman, founder of Jack Daniel.

1964: Guru Dutt, Indian film director, producer, and actor.

1983: (Ruby Myers aka) Sulochana, Indian actress.

2000: Sirimao Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka’s 6th and world’s first female Prime Minister. He changed the name of Ceylon to Sri Lanka.

2005: Milton Obote, Uganda’s President.

2006: Saraswatibai Rane, Indian classical singer.

2011: Jagjit Singh, Indian Ghazal singer.