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Historical Event on 2/5/1924

Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
10/12/1997Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.