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Historical Event on 3/7/1987

Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.