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Historical Event on 3/7/1996
Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1992 | Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi. |
| 11/16/1998 | Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 8/9/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain. |
| 6/5/1989 | Missile `Trishul' tested successfully. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 8/26/1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
| 11/5/1956 | University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC. |
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