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Historical Event on 4/2/1942

Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1980Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
1/16/1858Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged.
2/6/1939Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.