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Historical Event on 8/3/1998
35 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/25/1964 | First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'. |
| 2/26/1937 | Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 11/16/1921 | Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 8/3/1997 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 1/12/2000 | T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired. |
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