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Historical Event on 1/3/1871

Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.