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Historical Event on 8/3/1939
Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 10/12/1935 | Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born |
| 4/25/1982 | India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan. |
| 7/7/1999 | The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector. |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 8/30/1773 | Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. |
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