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Historical Event on 3/2/1996

Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
3/22/2000INSAT-3B launched.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
4/12/1917Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.
2/12/1997Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.