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Historical Event on 7/3/1998

Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
7/19/2000The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.
5/11/1885Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.