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Historical Event on 5/2/1930
Riots break out in Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
| 7/4/1729 | Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 11/15/1992 | 37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 4/12/1976 | India set 403 to win against the West Indies. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 1/22/1997 | Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case. |
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