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Historical Event on 4/3/1956

Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
7/30/1992The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).