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Historical Event on 3/1/1955
Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/15/1931 | M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/3/1993 | Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra. |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
| 2/22/1913 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow. |
| 4/27/1857 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born. |
| 2/14/1891 | Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam. |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
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