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Historical Event on 8/3/1994

The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
1/17/1888Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
12/29/1909Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture.