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Historical Event on 6/3/1915
Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 3/31/1994 | Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 6/15/1990 | Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC. |
| 2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 1/11/1613 | Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth. |
| 1/27/1904 | R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
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