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Historical Event on 5/2/1985

Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
8/14/1993Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
2/8/1872Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
4/10/1760Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.
8/27/2000Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.