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Historical Event on 3/8/1957

Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
12/30/1964500 people seized by Chinese spies.
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
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9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
2/10/1982K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.