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Historical Event on 3/7/1942
Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1924 | In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 10/27/1904 | Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta. |
| 8/1/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995. |
| 2/23/1932 | The N. W. Frontier province is created. |
| 7/12/1823 | First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 2/13/1713 | Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort. |
| 2/24/1994 | Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%. |
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