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Historical Event on 3/4/2000

Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
2/22/1944Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.