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Historical Event on 8/3/1890
Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/11/1911 | Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991. |
6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
12/12/1908 | Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire. |
10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
11/7/1950 | King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu. |
2/20/1947 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India. |
12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
3/14/1993 | India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay. |
7/2/1757 | Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar. |
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