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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
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
12/25/1969India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.