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Historical Event on 5/3/1977
Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
| 3/26/1990 | Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM. |
| 6/13/1905 | Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 6/2/1908 | Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case. |
| 11/8/1968 | Jansattak Party established. |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 3/6/1990 | India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament. |
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