Historical Events on March 5.

1.  1558, 5th March: Francisco Fernandes first used tobacco to make smoke.

2.  1851, 5th March: Establishment of the Geological Survey of India.

3.  1931, 5th March: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed before the Second Round Table Conference.

4.  1933, 5th March: A severe recession caused US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to close all banks for a few days and ban financial transactions.

5.  1966, 5th March: A bill passed to take over a palace of King Wadiyar of Mysore in Bangalore.

6.  1998, 5th March: Sindhurakshak submarine, brought from Russia, arrived in Mumbai.

7.  2000, 5th March: The Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka was dedicated to the country by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 5.

1.  1512: Gerardus Mercator, a 16th-century geographer, cosmographer, and cartographer.

2.  1911: Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force.

3.  1913: Gangubai Hangal, an Indian singer of Hindustani classical music.

4.  1916: Biju Patnaik, an Indian politician, aviator, and businessman.

5.  1958: M. Nassar, an Indian film actor.

6.  1963: Saurabh Shukla, an Indian film, theatre, and television actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 5.

1.  1827: Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power.

2.  1849: Mary Lyon, an American pioneer in women’s education.

3.  1953: Joseph Stalin, Former Premier of the Soviet Union.

4.  1989: Prithvi Singh Azad, an Indian independence activist, revolutionary, and one of the founder members of the Ghadar Party.

5.  1995: Jalal Agha, an Indian actor, and director.

6.  2016: Raymond Tomlinson, a pioneering American computer programmer who implemented the first email program.

5-March-1699

Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.

5-March-1851

Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.

5-March-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.

5-March-1905

Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.

5-March-1916

Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.

5-March-1918

Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as "Ranga Sohoni", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra.

5-March-1919

M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.

5-March-1922

Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.

5-March-1931

Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as "Gandhi-Irwin Pact", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.

5-March-1948

C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.

5-March-1961

Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.

5-March-1989

Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.

5-March-1989

Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.

5-March-1990

Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

5-March-1991

Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.

5-March-1992

Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.

5-March-1993

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

5-March-1995

India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel.

5-March-1995

Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.

5-March-1997

Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.

5-March-1999

Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.

5-March-1999

The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.