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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
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
1/6/1987An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.