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Historical Event on 6/2/1993

Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
6/23/1911King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.