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Historical Event on 3/7/1996

Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.