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Historical Event on 1/3/1987

Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
9/15/1862Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/12/1966Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.
1/27/1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.