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Historical Event on 8/3/1960
Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
| 9/7/1998 | Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order. |
| 10/18/1992 | Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
| 6/29/1924 | Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born. |
| 11/19/2000 | Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong. |
| 8/28/1733 | Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away. |
| 9/30/1999 | India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'. |
| 5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
| 1/2/1964 | Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died. |
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