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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 |
| 11/21/1947 | First Stamp of Independent India was released |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 5/25/1954 | Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away. |
| 6/27/1939 | Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born. |
| 10/6/1862 | Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862. |
| 4/6/1992 | Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started. |
| 6/23/1958 | Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority. |
| 12/15/1894 | Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born. |
| 6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
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