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Historical Event on 3/5/1992

Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
9/13/1901Jamshedji Bomanji H. Wadia, director and producer, was born. His first film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932).
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.
9/22/1869ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable