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Historical Event on 3/7/1952

Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
6/1/1993Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.