January10

Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.

Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur.

Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.

Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.

Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.

Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.

Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born.

Gandhiji adopts word, "Satyagraha" in place of "Passive Resistance". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.

Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.

Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.

Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.

Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.

Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.

Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.

Tea from India first arrives in UK.

The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.

Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.

Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.

Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.

The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.

Advani, Joshi released on court orders.

Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.

Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.

24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.

26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.

All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.

27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.

28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.

The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.

Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.

Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.

India became member of League of Nations.

Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.

India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.

President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.

Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.

India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.