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Historical Event on 3/7/1956

A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
10/15/1994SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
11/25/1995The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation).
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).