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Historical Event on 3/6/1961

India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
9/12/1998India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
7/21/1891Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
6/9/1948Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.
8/14/1980Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.