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Historical Event on 6/3/1901

Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.

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11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
9/30/1922Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab).
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
10/17/1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.