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Historical Event on 2/10/1859

General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
8/13/1953Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.