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Historical Event on 11/3/1984

Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
10/21/1998Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad.
9/19/1990Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
1/20/1871Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.