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Historical Event on 5/3/1927

Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
12/21/1929Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
4/8/1946HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island.