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Historical Event on 5/3/1994
Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1796 | Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. |
| 4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
| 9/24/1994 | At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 11/27/1920 | Kanhaiyalal Bhagwandas Harjal, educationist, was born at Mohpa, Maharashtra. |
| 12/17/1987 | Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims. |
| 3/30/1994 | Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/21/1998 | Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 5/23/1923 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta. |
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