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Historical Event on 3/1/1903
Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1986 | Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced. |
| 10/14/1955 | Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia . |
| 7/20/1654 | Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 12/13/1947 | Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu. |
| 9/29/1977 | India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water. |
| 3/29/1954 | Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
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