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Historical Event on 5/5/1929

Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
1/15/1921Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.