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Historical Event on 3/1/1971
General Election ( 5th) of India begins.

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5/10/1957	Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
9/30/1997	Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
5/17/1897	Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
12/25/1994	Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
7/12/1970	Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
5/6/1680	Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
1/1/1900	Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
8/27/1958	Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
5/31/1987	Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
10/21/1999	B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

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Historical Event on 3/1/1971 General Election ( 5th) of India begins.

Historical Event on 3/1/1971
General Election ( 5th) of India begins.