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Historical Event on 3/5/1948

C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
6/2/1975Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
7/16/1936Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
2/19/1902Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.