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Historical Event on 6/3/1992

Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
10/4/2000Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
1/27/1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.