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10 July

🇮🇳 In India

1800 Fort William College, an academy of oriental studies and a centre of learning, founded by Lord Wellesley, then Governor-General of British India.

1806 The Vellore mutiny, the first instance of a large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company took place.

1909 Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.

1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster, was born.

🌎 Elsewhere

1212 The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.

1856 Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system, was born.

1962 Telstar 1, the world's first communication satellite was launched in space. The satellite, made by a collaboration between organizations in the U.S., the U.K., and France, transmitted the first live television images in the world.

1991 Russian politician Boris Yeltsin was sworn into office as the country's first elected president.

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