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Historical Event on 3/5/1997
Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1997 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 6/14/1997 | Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II). |
| 5/1/1977 | Janata Party was established. |
| 5/1/1977 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 8/11/2000 | Koneru 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. |
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