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Historical Event on 8/3/1954
Atomic Energy Department established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1999 | India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland. |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 11/20/1930 | With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 6/26/1997 | India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 10/24/1945 | Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi. |
| 8/8/1936 | Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country. |
| 5/31/1926 | Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born. |
| 3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
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