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Historical Event on 3/3/1906
Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1993 | Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender. |
| 8/14/1998 | Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai. |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 3/8/1948 | Air India International was established for overseas services. |
| 7/3/1927 | A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 6/23/1895 | Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 3/1/1971 | Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc. |
| 8/28/1994 | Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. |
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