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Historical Event on 5/10/1981

The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1981Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
4/4/1984Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903