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Historical Event on 7/3/1972

Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.

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4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
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2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
4/13/1919Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
4/17/1946Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
2/13/1977Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.