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Historical Event on 3/5/1997

Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
12/21/1999The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.