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Historical Event on 12/3/1993

Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/199722 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people.
6/25/1880Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.