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Historical Event on 8/3/1960
Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
| 5/3/1945 | Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon. |
| 2/11/1998 | The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 2/6/1953 | Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission. |
| 7/4/1997 | Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996. |
| 9/24/1931 | 19 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 4/9/1893 | Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh. |
| 7/28/1997 | 12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana. |
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