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Historical Event on 3/3/1948

B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/1904First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
2/17/1993Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"".
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
12/27/1901Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
9/21/1994Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.