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Historical Event on 3/5/1868

Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.

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12/28/1972C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
3/9/1997Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
3/14/1883Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.