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Historical Event on 03/02/1568
Meerabai, saint poet, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1913 | B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/22/1969 | The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated. |
| 3/17/1798 | Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army. |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 11/27/2000 | Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident. |
| 6/1/1993 | Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 9/27/1999 | Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd. |
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