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Historical Event on 6/3/1895
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1977 | Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period. |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 8/8/1990 | Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation. |
| 4/29/2000 | The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 4/4/1971 | Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 4/22/1983 | Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85. |
| 10/21/1989 | Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya. |
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