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Historical Event on 8/3/1970

Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.
4/9/1954India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
6/21/1998India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
11/9/1980P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
2/7/1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.