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Historical Event on 3/3/1967
India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
| 7/6/1986 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, passed away. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communication Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70), Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.(5-4-91). |
| 11/30/1995 | G. Umapati, filmmaker, died. |
| 9/28/1984 | First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi. |
| 1/31/1997 | Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5). |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 1/28/1992 | Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away. |
| 3/9/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
| 1/25/1948 | French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament. |
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