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Historical Event on 12/3/1979
Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1932 | Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans. |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 6/24/1966 | Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 12/8/1999 | Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999. |
| 9/27/1974 | Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
| 9/5/1998 | University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike. |
| 1/5/1995 | Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief. |
| 5/16/1933 | Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/1/1909 | First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established. |
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