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Historical Event on 7/3/1979

Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.