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Historical Event on 5/3/1971

Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
6/9/1923Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan.
2/27/1996Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.