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Historical Event on 8/3/1991

About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
1/14/1984Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.