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Historical Event on 4/3/1857
Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
| 12/23/1920 | King George V signs Home Rule Act. |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal. |
| 2/16/1982 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away. |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 10/30/1909 | Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay. |
| 3/13/1878 | The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
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