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Historical Event on 1/10/1897

Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.

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1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.