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Historical Event on 8/3/1780

British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1780Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
2/27/1996Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.