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Historical Event on 5/2/1953
40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.

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10/2/1997	At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
7/21/1936	Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born.
6/24/1990	Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
6/24/1990	Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.
3/19/1999	The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar.
6/23/1985	Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
6/3/1947	Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published.
6/23/1895	Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
10/28/1998	The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
3/9/1897	Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).

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