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Historical Event on 3/3/1847
Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1997 | Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
| 2/25/2000 | Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
| 10/13/1998 | India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers. |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
| 10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
| 5/1/1927 | Dr. Namwar Singh was born. |
| 2/11/1906 | Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore. |
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