10th April – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on 10th of April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 10th April

Ayesha Takia  born on 10 April 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. Her film career started with Taarzan: The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award (2004). She was highly acclaimed for her performance as a young widow in Dor (2006). She received commercial success with Wanted (2009).
Shweta Menon (born 10 April 1974) is an Indian model, film actress and television anchor. She has predominantly acted in Hindi and Malayalam language films, besides appearing in a number of Tamil productions. Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and becoming noted, after participating and winning at several beauty pageants .
Terence Lewis (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian choreographer. He is internationally trained and specialises in Indian folk, contemporary and neo-classical dance forms. He is also a choreographer in Bollywood films and musicals. He has been trained nationally and specializes in contemporary dance. Terence has also choreographed a number of films and musicals as a celebrity choreographer.
Aditya Bipin Redij (born April 10, 1984) is an Indian actor and model. He enrolled at St. Xaviers and later at Symbiosis International University. After graduation he went to Mumbai and joined a local television channel as an editor and graphic designer. After working for a couple of years in Mumbai, he joined a concept group in Dubai in charge of graphics for corporate ads.
In Everest climbing parlance, Green Boots is the name given to the corpse of Indian climber Tsewang Paljor (b. 10 April 1968 – May 11, 1996(1996-05-11) (aged 28)) on the Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. There is little doubt that the body is that of Paljor, who was wearing green Koflach boots on the day he and two others in his party summited.

Death anniversaries on 10th April

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai 29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress.
Shomu Mukherjee  (1943 – April 10, 2008) was a Bengali Indian director, writer and producer. Born in 1943, he was the fourth son of Sashadhar Mukherjee, the owner of Filmalaya studios, and Sati Rani Devi. His mother was the only sister of the Ganguly brothers.
Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent, was also a geologist who took an interest in archaeology. He founded the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in Lucknow, India. His greatest contributions lie in the study of botany of the plants of India as well as paleobotany.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (17 April 1912 – 10 April 1999) was a novelist and short story writer of Malayalam language. He is popularly known as Thakazhi, after his place of birth. He focused on the oppressed classes as the subject of his works, which are known for their attention to historic detail. He has written several novels and over 600 short stories.
Sri Vidya Prakasananda Giri Swamy (April 13, 1914 – April 10, 1998), born Ananda Mohan, was a revered Hindu guru and predominantly prominent among Telugu speaking community across the world for his teachings and works about Vedanta in Telugu language. He was born to Sri Tunuguntla Ramaswami and Smt Suseela Devi in Machilipatnam.

Notable Events:

1317 Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
1875 Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
1919 Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
1930 Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
 

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