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Historical Event on 4/3/1857
Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1915 | Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
| 3/16/2000 | Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 9/26/1996 | CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case. |
| 4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 5/7/1958 | Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor. |
| 8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
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