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Historical Event on 6/3/1924
Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 10/12/1961 | Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 2/6/1915 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP. |
| 5/28/1963 | Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 9/21/1954 | Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet. |
| 2/26/1901 | The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations. |
| 11/28/1990 | Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector. |
| 11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
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