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Historical Event on 1/3/1946

Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
1/8/1908Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
9/19/1997Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
2/15/1951Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
4/5/1908Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"".