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Historical Event on 10/5/1864
Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1964 | K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party. |
| 6/9/1923 | Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan. |
| 1/9/1972 | In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production. |
| 8/14/1896 | Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians. |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
| 11/9/1997 | Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide. |
| 5/2/1982 | Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
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