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Historical Event on 3/6/1961
India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/14/1774 | Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 2/7/1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 2/14/1976 | Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force. |
| 10/10/1756 | Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels. |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 5/1/1897 | Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission. |
| 1/1/1900 | Sathya Sai Baba was born |
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