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Historical Event on 5/3/1896

Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
4/22/1996National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.