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Historical Event on 8/3/1957
Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1757 | After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives. |
| 9/22/1979 | Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 11/24/1926 | Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'. |
| 6/2/1986 | One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 2/25/1962 | India Congress Party wins elections. |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 7/29/1997 | India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme. |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
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