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Historical Event on 6/3/1972

First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
2/3/1984Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
8/21/1879Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
10/13/1911Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.