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Historical Event on 5/3/1927

Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.
8/30/1989Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.