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Historical Event on 3/1/1968
Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 3/26/1999 | 14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection. |
| 3/21/1997 | Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai. |
| 4/8/1998 | Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party. |
| 12/5/1990 | With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers. |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
| 9/1/1896 | Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
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