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Historical Event on 4/3/1988

Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
9/15/1903Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.