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Historical Event on 10/3/1984
India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1997 | Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President. |
| 7/2/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi. |
| 1/2/1953 | Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 10/9/1993 | C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away. |
| 1/14/1964 | Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row. |
| 10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
| 7/26/1922 | Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
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