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Historical Event on 8/3/1991
About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1991 | R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died. |
| 8/2/1987 | Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title. |
| 1/4/1881 | Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started. |
| 2/12/1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
| 11/30/1999 | The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term. |
| 5/27/1948 | The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec. |
| 12/10/1905 | Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 1/18/1947 | Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
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