On This Day
10 August
- 🇮🇳 In India
- 1659 Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb has his brother and competitor for the throne Dara Shukoh executed on religious grounds.
- 1741 King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
- 1938 Fateh Singh Rathore, Indian tiger conservationist, was born. He joined the Indian Forest Service in 1960 and was part of the first Project Tiger team. He was widely acknowledged as the tiger guru for his legendary knowledge of the big cat. He worked over 50 years in wildlife conservation.
- 1977 Shyamlal Gupta, the author of the flag song Vijay Vishwa Tiranga Pyara, passed away.
- 1979 The satellite SLV-3E1, carrying Rohini Technology Payload, was launched. The mission was only partially successful.
- 1995 Harishankar Parsai, author who wrote in Hindi, died. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style.
- 2012 The Indian Army successfully tested the Agni-2 ballistic missile capable of carrying out nuclear strikes.
- 🌎 Elsewhere
- 1792 As the French Revolution (1787–99) continued, the country's monarchy was effectively overthrown on this day.
- 1793 The Louvre opened in Paris, and it later became the most-visited museum in the world.
- 1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies, provided Emperor Hirohito's status remains unchanged.
- 1972 1 million kg meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada.
- 1990 The NASA space probe Magellan arrives at Venus after a 15-month journey from Earth and starts its mission to map the global warming "hell-hole".
- ⭐ Significance
- World Lion Day is celebrated on August 10 of every year to raise awareness about lions and to mobilize support for their protection and conservation.
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