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Historical Event on 8/3/1886

Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
7/31/1933Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
1/20/1959Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
12/24/1902Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
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