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Historical Event on 3/5/1995

Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.