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Historical Event on 5/1/1902
Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 3/23/1962 | Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days. |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 3/11/1994 | The Supreme Court upholds sacking of BJP Governments; Balasaheb Deoras quits as RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed. |
| 6/17/1887 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born. |
| 2/24/1880 | Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
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