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Historical Event on 6/3/1890

Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
7/12/1909Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.