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Historical Event on 3/6/1775

Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
7/18/1980Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.