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Historical Event on 5/5/1903
Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 11/3/1961 | Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
| 9/1/1978 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981. |
| 10/25/1951 | First General Election of India begins. |
| 2/2/1993 | Prices of iron and steel hiked. |
| 3/30/1993 | Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan. |
| 6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 9/27/1995 | 73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine. |
| 9/17/1948 | The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement. |
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