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Historical Event on 3/3/1982
Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
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