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Historical Event on 6/3/1895

Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1984Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
2/2/2000The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
4/16/1966Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.
7/16/1992Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.