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Historical Event on 10/3/1996
National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1989 | Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra. |
| 8/8/1942 | 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 4/13/1993 | Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
| 10/18/1995 | President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation. |
| 6/24/1928 | Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 12/8/1875 | Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born. |
| 10/26/1990 | V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay. |
| 3/27/1942 | Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"". |
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