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Historical Event on 11/3/1995

Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
6/9/2000The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case.
3/22/1977Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum.
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.
10/9/1994Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.
10/9/1994Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.