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Historical Event on 10/3/1978

Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1997Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.