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Historical Event on 3/3/1978

Origin of Saka Era (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1883Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi.
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
1/29/1992India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.
1/1/1664Shivaji marched towards Surat.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
8/1/1995Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians.
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.