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Historical Event on 11/3/1984
Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 1/10/1963 | Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 11/27/1999 | Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor. |
| 10/27/1926 | Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar |
| 7/31/1658 | Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor. |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
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