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Historical Event on 3/4/1951

Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1939Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore.
5/14/1993Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
11/9/1997Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
11/7/1893Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
6/13/1905Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born.
8/1/1990Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.