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Historical Event on 1/3/1996

Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.