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Historical Event on 5/3/1977

Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
8/3/1939Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
9/1/1965Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
12/28/1928First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta.