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Historical Event on 3/3/1978

Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
8/12/1998Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district.
5/25/1917Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943.
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.
4/7/1935Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.