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Historical Event on 2/3/1928

Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1950Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
5/7/1996Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
8/20/1996India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.