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Historical Event on 1/3/1947

Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
2/17/1998Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.