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Historical Event on 1/3/1975

Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
5/25/1936Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
1/18/1995The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.
6/22/1935Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.