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Historical Event on 3/4/2000

Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
11/27/1999BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).