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Historical Event on 10/5/1864
Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 3/22/1932 | Indian Muslims break with Great Britain. |
| 11/15/1993 | IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe. |
| 7/15/1955 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 12/4/1940 | Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"". |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 2/2/2000 | The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 4/3/1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/28/1984 | Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack. |
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