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Historical Event on 12/10/1936

Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
12/19/19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
11/20/1999Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.