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Historical Event on 3/4/2000

Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1999Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
1/1/1981This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".
12/5/1990With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.