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Historical Event on 5/3/1947

Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
4/29/1997R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
12/22/1945Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni (Pathe Bapurao), famous poet known for instant poetry and Marathi folk song writer, died.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
3/12/1911Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
11/20/1999World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy.