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Historical Event on 5/2/1954
Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 5/21/1990 | Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered. |
| 12/16/1999 | Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
| 4/2/1948 | Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona. |
| 4/2/1948 | Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule. |
| 5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
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