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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
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
2/18/1944Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
10/21/1998Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad.
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
4/13/1971Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka.