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Historical Event on 3/7/1956

A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
3/29/1963Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
6/3/1929Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
1/21/1945Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.