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Historical Event on 10/2/1986
Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1901 | Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded. |
| 8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
| 8/23/1994 | Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99). |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 11/25/1990 | Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs. |
| 5/28/1923 | Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'. |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 6/6/1903 | Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic. |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
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