HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Oct-10)

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Oct 10, 2011 :: JAGJIT SINGH :: Died this day, he was a great Singer of India. Popularly known as " " he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Singh, in the 1970s and 1980s, as the first ever act (husband-wife) in the history of recorded Indian music. He was awarded India's third highest civilian honour, the , in 2003. In 2012, the State Government of Rajasthan decorated him (posthumously) with award.

Oct 10, 2000 :: Sirimavo BANDARNAIKE :: Died this day, she was the Prime Minister of .

Oct 10, 1954 :: REKHA :: Born this day, she is an Indian .

OOct 10, 1906 :: Rasipuram Krishnaswami NARAYAN :: Born this day, he was an Indian .

Oct 10, 1900 :: HELEN HAYES :: born this day, she was an actress.

Oct 10, 1899 :: Acharya Baldev UPADHYAYA :: Born this day, Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya was an Indian-born Eminent .

Oct 10, 1895 :: GOSVAMI MAHARAJA :: Born this day as Sri Ramendra Chandra Deva Sharma Bhattacharya and later commonly known as Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami , he was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, author and Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharya.

Oct 10, 1870 :: IVAN Alekseyevich BUNIN :: Born this day, he was the writer and a Nobel laureate.

Oct 10, 1844 :: Badruddin TYABJI :: Born this day, he was and Indian lawyer and a prominent .