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Historical Event on 3/8/1941
Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1945 | British promise India independence. |
| 9/4/1962 | Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
| 8/4/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego. |
| 3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 7/4/1986 | Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston. |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
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