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Historical Event on 3/6/1971

Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1957Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
12/28/2000India, Israel deal on Phalcon AWACS planes put on hold, pending change of guard in the U.S.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
12/17/1910The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
4/23/1751Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
1/31/1903Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
1/31/1903Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.