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Historical Event on 5/3/1936
Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/12/1987 | Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
4/17/1917 | V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai). |
12/27/1992 | Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died. |
1/1/1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. |
9/26/1931 | At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on. |
3/31/1843 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born. |
3/22/1933 | M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka. |
10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
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