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Historical Event on 7/3/1987

The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
12/1/1894Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
3/28/1999Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.