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Historical Event on 3/5/1922
Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 9/14/1953 | Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
| 3/30/1990 | Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha. |
| 1/24/1937 | Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics. |
| 9/23/1992 | Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 5/21/1994 | Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe. |
| 3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
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