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Historical Event on 3/5/1993

The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1931Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
9/29/1932Hamid Dalwai, Muslim social reformer, was born.