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Historical Event on 3/8/1864
Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1859 | Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
| 1/11/1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966. |
| 2/6/1966 | Madurai Kamraj University established. |
| 7/8/1996 | Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water. |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 1/20/1898 | Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
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