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Historical Event on 5/3/1959

Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
3/14/1963Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.