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Historical Event on 5/3/1971

Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1999A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
8/29/1880Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.