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Historical Event on 5/3/1718

Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
1/15/1973Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.