What is Today, July 10th? historical event, birthday and fact

July 10th is a significant day in Indian and world history, as it marks the birthdays of several notable figures, including Sunil Gavaskar, Parveen Sultana, and Rajnath Singh. It also marks the anniversary of the Vellore Mutiny, the first large-scale mutiny by Indian soldiers against the British.

In this blog, we discussed some of the historical events, birthdays, and facts that happened on July 10th in India and the world. We also talked about the significance of this day in Indian and world history.

If you are interested in learning more about July 10th in India, I encourage you to do some further research. There are many resources available online and in libraries that can provide you with more information about this important day.

• Historical events:
  • 1553: Lady Jane Grey begins her 9-day reign as Queen of England.
  • 1778: Louis XVI of France declares war on Great Britain during the American Revolution.
  • 1925: The Scopes Monkey Trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
  • 1938: Aviator Howard Hughes starts his around-the-world flight.
  • 1962: NASA launches Telstar 1, the world's first active communications satellite.
  • 1976: A chemical factory in Seveso, near Milan, Italy, explodes, covering surrounding areas in dioxin.
  • 2007: Erden Eruç begins the world's first successful solo human-powered circumnavigation.
  • 2011: The British newspaper, News of the World, published its last-ever edition following a phone-hacking scandal.
• Birthdays:
  • Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer
  • Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist
  • James Whistler (1834–1903), an American artist
  • Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007), the first president of Russia
  • Roger Federer (born 1981), a Swiss tennis player
  • David Hockney (born 1937), an English painter
• Facts:
  • Today is National Pina Colada Day in the United States.
  • The population of the earth is estimated to be 8 billion people.
  • The average life expectancy in the world is 73 years.
  • The sun is about 93 million miles from Earth.
  • The speed of light is about 186,000 miles per second.

Some historical events, birthdays, and facts that happened on July 10th in India:

Historical events:

• 1806: The Vellore Mutiny, the first large-scale mutiny by Indian soldiers against the British, breaks out in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
• 1949: Sunil Gavaskar, one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket, is born in Bombay (now Mumbai).
• 1950: Parveen Sultana, a renowned Hindustani classical singer, is born in Patiala, Punjab.
• 1951: Rajnath Singh, the current Defense Minister of India, is born in Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Birthdays:

• Gopinath Bordoloi (1890–1955), a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam, was born on this day.
• Bhikhari Thakur (1895–1951), a poet, playwright, and social reformer, was born on this day.
• Abdul Ghafoor (1900–1982), a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born on this day.

Facts:

• The Indian state of Telangana was formed on this day in 2014.
• World Population Day is observed on July 11th every year.
• The national flower of India is the lotus.
• The national bird of India is the peacock.