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Historical Event on 1/3/1912

Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
12/28/1951Recognition to Libya by India accorded.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.