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Historical Event on 4/3/1680
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, great Maratha emperor, patriot, soldier, freedom fighter, revolutionary and great son of India, passed away at Raigarh fort. His son Sambhaji succeeded to the throne.
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| 11/15/1999 | Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 2/2/1965 | Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission. |
| 8/7/1905 | Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi. |
| 5/22/1927 | Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 7/9/1951 | India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held. |
| 4/16/1997 | Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta. |
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