Quick glance of 5 March in the pages of History

March 5: Here are the major events that occurred on 5 March….

• 5 March, 1798: Napoleon invaded Switzerland and occupied Bern, ending the ancient ruling system of that country, the Confederation of the Thirteen Cantons.
• 5 March, 1824: The British officially declare war on Burma, starting the First Burmese War.
• 5 March, 1905: Birth anniversary of Shushila Didi, a great Indian freedom fighter. She decided to join Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the hanging of Shri Ram prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahidi. After Killing of Saunders, she arranged a house for Bhagat Singh in calcutta. After Delhi conspiracy, Sushila didi and Durga Bhabi also helped revolutionaries to escape after arrest.
• 5 March, 1931: Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed. It was a political agreement signed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India, on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London. It agreed to release all political prisoners except those involved in violence. It amended the salt laws and allowed Indians to make salt.
• 5 March, 1933: In German elections, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party won nearly half the seats in the Reichstag (the Parliament).
• 5 March, 1949: Sir Don Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30.
• 5 March, 1953: Joseph Stalin, the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union and Supreme Chief of the Communist Party, dies
• 5 March, 1960: Cuban photographer Alberto Corda took a cult famous photograph “Guerrillero Heroico” of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevera on this day.
• 5 March, 1995: Death anniversary of Jalal Aga, a famous Indian comedian and character actor. He was the son of popular comedian Agha and made his debut playing the young version of Dilip Kumar in the historical epic Mughal-E-Azam. He appeared in more than 60 Bollywood films.
• 5 March, 2011: Archaeologists renovating the Rio de Janeiro harbor for the 2016 Olympics reported uncovering the remains of a 19th-century port where thousands of people arrived from Africa and were sold into slavery.