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Historical Event on 6/3/1915
Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
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| 1/8/1995 | ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 9/6/1995 | New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
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