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Historical Event on 3/5/1931

Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
7/22/1875Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.