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Historical Event on 8/3/1970
Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 5/2/1921 | Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''. |
| 4/19/1998 | Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back. |
| 3/5/1990 | Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 1/22/1901 | Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"". |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 9/29/1755 | Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India |
| 9/2/1992 | Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
| 3/15/1936 | Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
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