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Historical Event on 5/3/1962

Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.