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Historical Event on 3/8/1957
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
| 10/27/1969 | Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab. |
| 10/24/1934 | Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/24/1934 | Taimurlang passed away. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
| 5/25/1991 | Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991). |
| 10/10/1952 | US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
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