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Historical Event on 8/3/1994
The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1975 | West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2. |
| 9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 5/3/1999 | Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta. |
| 1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 2/22/1845 | Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company. |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
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