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Bajirao
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Today in History - 3 February
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1760
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Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the
Nizam in War of Udgir.
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Bhau was the nephew of Peshwa Baji Rao I,He
played an importan role in the third battle of Panipat He was teh Sarsenapati
of the Maratha Army. In the same battle of Panipat he died fighting. He was
son of Chimaji Appa and Rakhmabai.
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1916
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Banaras Hindu University was opened under the
guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh..
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It is still one of the largest residential
universities in Asia with a strength of over 20,000 students. BHU is a public
central university.
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1925
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First Electric Train started its journey from
Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the
Central Railway, Bombay.
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1928
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Simon Commission comes to India under Lord
Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
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1988
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INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy
when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and
India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
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1994
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Akash missile launched successfully. It is a
medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Dynamics Limited
(BDL) for Missile Systems, Ordnance Factories Board and Bharat Electronics
(BEL).
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1995
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The Transplantation of Human Organs Act,
notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
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