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Historical Event on 3/7/1942

Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.

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8/11/1993Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.