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Historical Event on 5/3/1998

Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
11/14/1919Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.