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Historical Event on 10/2/1942
Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1933	Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born.
6/15/1937	Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar.
3/23/1986	The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
7/3/1972	Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
8/30/1992	The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
7/26/1874	Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
4/30/1908	Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
11/3/1984	Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
3/12/1930	Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence.
7/16/1954	French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.

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Historical Event on 10/2/1942 Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.

Historical Event on 10/2/1942
Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.