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Historical Event on 5/3/1945

Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.

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2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
7/27/1972Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
11/3/1997India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.