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Historical Event on 3/7/1996
Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1928 | Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
| 4/30/1909 | R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born. |
| 10/22/1680 | Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 6/25/1932 | India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England. |
| 7/5/1992 | Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories. |
| 8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
| 8/4/1845 | Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
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