10 JAN TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for January 10

10-January-1616	Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
10-January-1693	Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
10-January-1818	The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
10-January-1839	Tea from India first arrives in UK.
10-January-1888	Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
10-January-1896	Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
10-January-1896	Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born.
10-January-1897	Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
10-January-1908	Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Tr
10-January-1912	Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
10-January-1920	India became member of League of Nations.
10-January-1922	Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
10-January-1932	Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
10-January-1953	Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.
10-January-1955	The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
10-January-1959	Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.
10-January-1963	Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
10-January-1964	Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
10-January-1966	Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.
10-January-1967	Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur.
10-January-1975	India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
10-January-1979	Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
10-January-1980	President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government
10-January-1986	Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
10-January-1987	Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
10-January-1993	24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
10-January-1993	Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
10-January-1993	Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
10-January-1993	India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
10-January-1995	26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
10-January-1996	All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.
10-January-1996	27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
10-January-1996	Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
10-January-1996	Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
10-January-1997	28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
10-January-1997	The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
10-January-1998	Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
10-January-1998	Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.