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Historical Event on 7/3/1979
Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1990 | President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation. |
| 11/9/1992 | Chandralekha resigns from IAS and joins Tamizhaga Wellatchi Iyyakkam (Tamil Movement for Good Government) led by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 9/12/1974 | . C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07. |
| 2/20/2000 | Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
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