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Historical Event on 3/7/1911

Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.

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1/10/1963Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
4/12/1942Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.