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Historical Event on 5/3/1997
Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1922 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 2/18/1836 | Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
| 6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
| 9/12/1905 | Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London. |
| 8/25/1996 | 194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath . |
| 8/15/1925 | Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born . |
| 1/5/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad. |
| 12/28/1974 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died. |
| 6/8/1936 | Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958. |
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