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Historical Event on 7/3/1979

Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1999The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
11/10/1848Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
8/18/1907Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany.