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Historical Event on 3/7/1956

A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
4/16/1963Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
10/29/1958Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
1/10/1922Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.