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Historical Event on 7/3/1987
The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 6/5/1984 | Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 10/25/1997 | 180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years. |
| 9/29/2000 | Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet. |
| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 4/11/1993 | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide to form a joint task force to nab Veerappan and announces a reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his capture. |
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