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Historical Event on 11/3/1929

Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1929Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
10/21/1789Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died.
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.