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Historical Event on 8/3/1930
Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/22/1999 | Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments. |
| 11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
| 6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 5/21/1927 | Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra. |
| 5/5/1903 | Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 11/25/1999 | Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case. |
| 12/14/1992 | Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed. |
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