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Historical Event on 3/3/1885
Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1962 | Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started. |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 6/16/1951 | Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi. |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 8/14/1968 | Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000. |
| 7/10/1991 | C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
| 2/10/1957 | Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
| 1/10/1888 | Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura. |
| 2/19/1902 | Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta. |
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