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Historical Event on 3/5/1916
Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 1/15/1977 | Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away. |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
| 1/29/1975 | West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2. |
| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 5/14/1999 | Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal. |
| 5/14/1999 | Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born. |
| 8/15/1997 | K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
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