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Historical Event on 3/5/1851

Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
6/4/1958The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
3/7/1647Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.