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Historical Event on 10/3/1978

Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.
8/8/1912Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
3/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.