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Historical Event on 3/5/1989
Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 1/20/1988 | Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 12/5/1992 | Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years. |
| 4/2/1877 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar. |
| 3/26/1918 | Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore. |
| 2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 7/5/1996 | Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party. |
| 9/21/1995 | Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi. |
| 8/2/1994 | Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions. |
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