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Historical Event on 3/9/1961
Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1957 | Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training. |
| 7/9/1755 | E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War. |
| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 11/3/1984 | 3,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India. |
| 7/1/1997 | Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect. |
| 8/12/1973 | Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 2/18/1925 | Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born. |
| 6/11/1931 | Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
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