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Historical Event on 4/3/1946

Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
10/14/1997The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out.
3/24/1984Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
11/15/1937Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
4/16/1980Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.
3/3/1939Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad.
4/5/1908Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"".