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Historical Event on 5/3/1971
Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 5/13/1952 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry. |
| 5/11/1987 | President's rule imposed in Punjab. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
| 6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 9/24/1947 | Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
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