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Historical Event on 3/5/1993

The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
11/1/1996K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).