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Historical Event on 1/10/1897

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
7/14/1928Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
6/2/1908Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".