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Historical Event on 5/1/1902

Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
6/3/1890Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
9/27/1990Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
4/14/1950Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.