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Historical Event on 3/5/1992

Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
6/6/1916Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
4/15/1895Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.