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Historical Event on 3/3/1847

Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.