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Historical Event on 10/2/1930

Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.

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11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
4/24/1888Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.