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Historical Event on 1/3/1912
Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1912 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 8/3/1998 | 35 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed. |
| 6/30/1984 | W. R. Dhavle, editor, died. |
| 5/21/1927 | Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra. |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 9/30/1963 | The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives. |
| 5/25/1995 | Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
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