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Historical Event on 5/2/1930
Riots break out in Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 6/9/1997 | At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok. |
| 5/22/1992 | India launches its 'Agni' rocket. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 7/13/1660 | Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 2/9/1951 | The first census of free India of enumeration work was started. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 7/1/1985 | Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office. |
| 11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
| 12/14/1999 | India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test. |
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