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Historical Event on 12/10/1913

The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
7/13/1912Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.