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Historical Event on 8/3/1984
Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1861 | Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 6/6/1909 | Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras. |
| 10/29/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote. |
| 3/6/1998 | A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh. |
| 5/17/1994 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM. |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
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