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Historical Event on 3/1/1955
Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 1/25/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993). |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 1/4/1995 | IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties. |
| 1/24/1997 | Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively. |
| 7/18/1634 | Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born. |
| 10/29/1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award. |
| 10/22/1933 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
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