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Historical Event on 8/3/1985

Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
1/5/1995PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
3/7/1942Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
3/11/1994The Supreme Court upholds sacking of BJP Governments; Balasaheb Deoras quits as RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
2/19/1986Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.