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Historical Event on 4/3/1857

Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
7/31/1996Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally.
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
12/17/1971Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.