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Historical Event on 4/3/1946

Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
5/31/1921Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
8/25/2000Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.