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Historical Event on 3/5/1851

Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
7/31/1988Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
1/17/1993LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.