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Historical Event on 9/3/1992

Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.
4/16/1974Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
9/18/1924Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"".
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
12/5/1946Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.