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Historical Event on 8/3/1780
British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/16/1991 | Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died |
| 8/15/1925 | Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born . |
| 8/15/1925 | Meerabai, saint poet, passed away. |
| 3/12/1972 | Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats. |
| 1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
| 8/19/1976 | Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 11/2/1967 | Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students. |
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