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Historical Event on 5/2/1930

Riots break out in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1990Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
4/24/1994S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
9/9/1896Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.