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Historical Event on 8/3/1984

Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.