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Historical Event on 3/8/1673

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
10/10/1991Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.
11/18/1997Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
3/14/1931First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.