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Historical Event on 5/3/1927
Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
| 5/20/1992 | V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet. |
| 11/14/1997 | N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 4/2/1991 | Asom Gana Parishad splits. |
| 8/9/1942 | Mahatma Gandhi after announcing 'do or die' slogan alongwith 'Quit India Movement' at Bombay was arrested along with 50 others. Gandhiji was interned in Aga Khan Palace at Poona. This Do or Die slogan deep rooted in Indian hearts and resulted in nationwide Quit India Movment. This day is commemorated as ""Kranti Day"". Govind Vallabh Pant was send to Ahmednagar Jail, while Sarojini Naidu and many other leaders were also arrested. |
| 9/27/1908 | Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
| 11/5/1928 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
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