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Historical Event on 8/3/1996
Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/13/1909 | Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle. |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 5/28/1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 3/28/2000 | Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
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