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Historical Event on 1/3/1994

Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
1/3/1922Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
6/11/1964Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
6/5/1997Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.