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Historical Event on 4/2/1926
The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad. |
| 5/28/1930 | Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing. |
| 4/6/1978 | Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 10/27/1999 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits. |
| 6/1/1964 | Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha. |
| 12/9/1977 | Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
| 11/16/1998 | Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
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