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Historical Event on 3/5/1995
Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 8/13/1963 | Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
| 10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
| 1/9/1998 | Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign. |
| 7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
| 11/7/1900 | Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born. |
| 1/12/1895 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. |
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