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Historical Event on 3/10/1897

Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.

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1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
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9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
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12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.