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Historical Event on 3/3/1921
Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/5/1978 | Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra. |
| 8/1/1932 | Meena Kumari, film actress, was born. |
| 8/1/1932 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 12/4/1919 | Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan). |
| 7/11/1994 | Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 6/25/1922 | Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
| 10/11/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely. |
| 12/4/1888 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born. |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
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