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Historical Event on 8/3/1985
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
| 10/17/1994 | Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies. |
| 8/17/1909 | Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka. |
| 11/28/1990 | President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned. |
| 2/12/1824 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi. |
| 3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 6/19/1990 | NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan. |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
| 10/18/1992 | Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
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