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Historical Event on 5/3/1971

Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
4/21/1991Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
7/1/1913Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, was born at Ganuli (Yeotmal).
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
12/1/1947India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.