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Historical Event on 5/2/1908

Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
4/10/1955India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.