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Historical Event on 8/3/1939

Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
8/21/2000Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.
7/9/1979Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.