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Historical Event on 3/7/1974

T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
6/30/1931June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
10/29/2000Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.
1/21/1945Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.