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Historical Event on 6/2/1900

Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
4/2/1948Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
8/22/1818Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.