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Historical Event on 4/10/1995

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
5/14/1993Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.