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Historical Event on 6/3/1924
Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 8/12/1946 | Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 10/12/1907 | Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born. |
| 1/1/1988 | The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA. |
| 10/30/1992 | India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade. |
| 7/2/1997 | Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India. |
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