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Historical Event on 7/3/1987

The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1987The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
8/25/1963Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
12/13/1899Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.