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Historical Event on 1/3/1978

Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
11/20/1990Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
8/20/1996India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.
1/4/1967Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.