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Historical Event on 8/3/1930

Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
4/23/1926Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
10/26/1947After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously.
4/6/1942During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.
5/5/1932Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.