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Historical Event on 3/8/1995

Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
11/17/1835James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
2/20/1985Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".
10/18/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
11/27/1888Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar, great social worker, educationist, writer and first speaker of Lok Sabha, was born in Baroda.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.