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Historical Event on 5/2/1953
40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1957	General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
4/18/1612	Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
9/14/1949	Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
4/24/1932	450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
10/16/1905	Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
1/22/1899	Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
5/27/1930	Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
5/8/1815	Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
7/23/1856	Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
10/17/1996	President's rule reimposed in U.P.

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