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Historical Event on 1/3/1996

Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
10/16/1983Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.
6/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
8/27/1997Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.