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Historical Event on 8/3/1957
Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1990 | President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council. |
| 1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 7/6/1993 | JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 7/26/1891 | Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away. |
| 4/26/1895 | Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
| 8/1/1993 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam. |
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