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Historical Event on 3/4/1961

First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
8/4/1906Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur.