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Historical Event on 3/5/1990

Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
3/21/1836National Library was established.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.