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Historical Event on 5/3/1997

Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
7/26/1891Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
7/6/1998Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja.
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.