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Historical Event on 11/3/1945

Temporary Octroi Mandal established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
5/11/1888Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
7/15/1987Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities.