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Historical Event on 12/3/1884
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 3/15/1950 | Planning Commission Day. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
| 12/11/1872 | Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born. |
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