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Historical Event on 3/8/1957
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
| 5/14/1992 | LTTE banned in India. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 4/10/1999 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village. |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
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