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Historical Event on 10/2/1942
Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 3/25/1905 | Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born. |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 3/4/1990 | Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM. |
| 11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 2/27/1993 | Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns. |
| 1/18/1983 | Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
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