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Historical Event on 12/3/1884
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
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| 6/18/1997 | E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 2/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 2/19/1891 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 12/11/1998 | Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs. |
| 4/16/2000 | India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth. |
| 5/31/1987 | Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
| 2/12/1946 | 14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
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