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Historical Event on 3/6/1947
Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1933 | Asha Bhosle (born Asha Mangeshkar), famous playback singer, was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 10/6/1779 | Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born. |
| 4/16/1997 | Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta. |
| 5/3/1927 | Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured. |
| 12/1/2000 | There would be a cap of 20 per cent equity for broadcasters planning to operate DTH television services, said I&B minister Sushma Swaraj. |
| 1/31/1997 | Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5). |
| 1/31/1903 | Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 5/10/1982 | Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being. |
| 9/24/1995 | Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
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