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Historical Event on 3/5/1995

Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
8/5/1986Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own.
10/26/1930Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
11/17/1991Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.