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Historical Event on 3/6/1971

Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
11/12/1929First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.