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Historical Event on 8/10/1998

Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
9/8/1972Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich.
6/2/1988Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.