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Historical Event on 8/3/1954
Atomic Energy Department established.
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| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 2/4/1973 | India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation. |
| 12/23/1993 | PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore. |
| 3/25/1905 | Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born. |
| 9/1/1999 | Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi. |
| 8/20/1993 | Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 11/22/1928 | British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
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