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Historical Event on 6/3/1901
Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1956 | Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 2/7/2000 | Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
| 12/27/1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
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