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Historical Event on 10/3/1978

Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
4/3/1903Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.
12/24/1891Chandra Singh Garhwali, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Masson, Patti Chauthan, Tehsil Thalisain, District Garhwal.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.