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Historical Event on 1/3/1966
Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1980 | Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 10/11/1902 | Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time. |
| 10/11/1902 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 5/10/1985 | 59 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks. |
| 5/12/1915 | Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 3/10/1995 | ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days. |
| 10/24/1994 | Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
| 4/14/1990 | Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore. |
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