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Historical Event on 3/5/1948

C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.