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Historical Event on 3/3/1839
Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
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| 3/19/1936 | Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
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| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/12/1949 | Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence. |
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