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Historical Event on 4/3/1914
Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1911 | Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic. |
| 3/29/1992 | Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC). |
| 4/6/1985 | Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final. |
| 10/20/1992 | Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire. |
| 8/15/1985 | Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off. |
| 4/24/1993 | Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 12/25/1964 | Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India. |
| 6/3/1865 | George V, King of England (1910-36), was born. |
| 9/3/1997 | Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died. |
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