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Historical Event on 2/10/1982
K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 2/20/1992 | Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away. |
| 4/16/1958 | Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore. |
| 5/7/1990 | Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
| 1/14/1758 | Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them. |
| 4/22/1996 | National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50. |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
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