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Historical Event on 9/3/1931
Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1909 | Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra. |
| 9/16/2000 | In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. |
| 10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
| 2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
| 5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 10/16/1942 | Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
| 10/16/1942 | Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle. |
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