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Historical Event on 12/10/1913

The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1870Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born.
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.
9/16/1916M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
1/6/1989Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.