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Historical Event on 5/3/1962

Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1990Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
10/20/1963Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.