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Historical Event on 6/3/1890

Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1999Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
5/30/1955Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
7/24/1999Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.