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Historical Event on 5/2/1908

Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
12/22/1843Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
10/11/1988Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
2/11/1942Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
11/16/1998Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.