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Historical Event on 6/3/1890

Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
5/2/1985Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.