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Historical Event on 3/5/1851
Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
| 3/3/1931 | Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 10/20/1999 | Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 7/12/1993 | West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
| 4/18/1971 | Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay. |
| 4/18/1971 | Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
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