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Historical Event on 5/3/1947

Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
12/12/1721Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
3/30/1993Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
3/9/1997Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
11/7/1966Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.