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Historical Event on 3/6/1990
India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1952 | Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died. |
| 6/4/1997 | Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service. |
| 11/20/1981 | Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 11/13/1992 | Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
| 11/18/1997 | School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children. |
| 8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
| 3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
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