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Historical Event on 3/5/1851

Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/1914Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
3/30/1699Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.