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Historical Event on 8/3/1905
Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1998 | India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/4/1996 | Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC). |
| 10/30/1947 | The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 12/24/1924 | Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 6/15/1990 | Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC. |
| 11/22/2000 | Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |
| 12/12/1999 | No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court. |
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