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Historical Event on 10/10/2000
The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1998 | Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party. |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 1/25/1954 | Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun. |
| 6/20/1997 | Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai. |
| 5/7/1990 | Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act. |
| 11/18/1997 | US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership. |
| 9/12/1966 | Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel. |
| 6/24/1990 | Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
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