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Historical Event on 4/3/1988
Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 2/28/1835 | Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 2/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 11/1/2000 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi. |
| 2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 1/31/1994 | Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police. |
| 7/30/1993 | CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore. |
| 6/23/2000 | Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.. |
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