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Historical Event on 10/6/1862

Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
3/31/1867Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.