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Historical Event on 10/2/1969

Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
6/29/1893Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.
11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.
2/28/1951Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.