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Historical Event on 8/3/1991

About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.