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Historical Event on 7/10/1927
Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1901 | Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War. |
| 12/29/1885 | A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay. |
| 11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
| 5/11/1885 | Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 10/21/1887 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa. |
| 1/24/1995 | 3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million. |
| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 2/3/1977 | Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi. |
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