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Historical Event on 7/10/1972

Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1988Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
12/25/1954Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
12/27/1990DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority.
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.