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Historical Event on 4/10/1997
Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1731 | Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 8/10/1855 | Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born. |
| 11/21/1973 | Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record. |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 8/2/1781 | Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 10/18/1879 | Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India. |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
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