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Historical Event on 5/3/1997
Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/9/1984 | Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras. |
| 4/10/1875 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore. |
| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 5/11/1985 | Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
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