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Historical Event on 1/10/1995

26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
12/24/1905Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.