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Historical Event on 10/3/1984
India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 2/21/1993 | Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity. |
| 4/1/1996 | Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down. |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 11/15/1992 | At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. |
| 9/25/1984 | Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete. |
| 1/29/1939 | Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President. |
| 2/28/1919 | Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
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