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Historical Event on 8/3/1996
Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 9/14/1923 | Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 12/10/1902 | Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary). |
| 3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
| 3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
| 1/23/2000 | India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. |
| 2/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
| 7/24/1837 | Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed. |
| 1/25/1914 | Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa. |
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