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Historical Event on 3/2/1938

Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
8/3/1930Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.