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Historical Event on 3/4/1951
Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1952 | Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 7/1/1927 | Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 5/22/1970 | Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 12/25/1997 | India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 3/9/1961 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 1/20/1949 | Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra. |
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