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Historical Event on 8/3/1886

Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
8/8/1936Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.