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October

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1861 The sale of federal postage stamps began.
1948 India's famous actress and Bharatanatyam dancer Hema Malini was born.
1968 Bharatvanshi Hargovind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for medicine and physiology.
1959 National Women's Education Council established.
1978 Indian cricketer Kapil Dev made his Test debut against Faisalabad against Pakistan.
2002  A gold and a bronze medalist at the 14th Asian Games took Sunita Rani of India to a medal after failing in the dopint test.
2005 G-20 countries agree to reform the World Bank and IMF.