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Historical Event on 8/3/1930
Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
3/22/1993 | The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993. |
10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
4/3/1914 | Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"". |
2/14/2000 | Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore. |
8/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
12/28/1981 | Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned. |
7/29/1987 | India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play. |
3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
7/22/1991 | New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament. |
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