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Historical Event on 3/5/1989

Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.
8/11/2000Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.