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Historical Event on 4/2/1926

The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1996Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
8/25/1997Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.