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Historical Event on 1/10/1993

24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
1/9/1841John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
11/12/1929First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.