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Historical Event on 5/3/1936
Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 5/12/1966 | Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns. |
| 12/20/1686 | After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati. |
| 10/31/1991 | Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya. |
| 3/4/1927 | Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
| 11/14/1914 | Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
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