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Historical Event on 2/3/1928

Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.