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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
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
3/27/199021 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India.
8/13/1911Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
11/11/1999Mr. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, leaves for Durban summit of the Commonhealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM).
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.