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Historical Event on 8/10/1894
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1894 | Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
| 5/23/1931 | Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 6/11/1984 | 574 Sikh army deserters arrested. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
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