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Historical Event on 8/3/1890
Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 6/28/1975 | As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence. |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji assumes royal title. |
| 10/12/1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195 |
| 7/20/1998 | Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi. |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 12/25/1994 | Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 8/15/1872 | Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry. |
| 12/6/1857 | Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi. |
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