February10

Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.

Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.

Pune University' established.

Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.

Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.

Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.

Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).

Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.).

Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.

Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra.

Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born.

Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born.

Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.

Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.

Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.

Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.

Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.

P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.

British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.

General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.

Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.

Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.

K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.

Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.

PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.