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Historical Event on 3/3/1939

Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.

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5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
4/3/1994B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa.
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7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
3/21/1979Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.