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Historical Event on 10/5/1878
First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/16/1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final. |
| 3/15/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200. |
| 2/26/1915 | Pran Nath Chhuttani, great physician and teacher, was born. |
| 3/16/1877 | Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 12/28/1905 | Sir Dr. Gajapatairaj Vijaya Ananda, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, ""Vizzy"", cricketer and Indian Right Handed Batsman, was born at Vizianagar. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1958. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
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