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Historical Event on 5/2/1907

Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
7/29/1901Saint Chokhoba passed away.
8/18/1958Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died.
11/13/1935Chandra Prakash Gupta, great educationist, was born at Gaini in UP.