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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
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
1/16/1996Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).