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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
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.