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Historical Event on 3/6/1947

Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
4/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.