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Historical Event on 10/3/1907

Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.