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Historical Event on 12/10/1761

Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.