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Historical Event on 7/3/1998

Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
2/21/1829Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
8/17/1780Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.